NGC 3175 | |
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![]() NGC 3175 taken by the
Hubble Space Telescope
[1] | |
Observation data ( J2000 [2] epoch) | |
Constellation | Antlia |
Right ascension | 10h 14m 42.111s [3] |
Declination | −28° 52′ 19.42″ [3] |
Redshift | 0.003613 [2] |
Helio radial velocity | 1,081.1 km/s [4] |
Distance | 53.9 Mly (16.52 Mpc) [5] |
Group or cluster | NGC 3175 group [6] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 12.08 [5] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SAB(s)b [7] |
Mass | (7.34±0.85)×1010 [6] M☉ |
Mass/Light ratio | 7.13+1.78 −1.98 [6] M☉/ L☉ |
Apparent size (V) | 5′.0 × 1′.3 [8] |
Other designations | |
IRAS 1012-286P13, 2MASX J10144211-2852194, NGC 3175, LEDA 29892, MCG -05-24-028 [2] |
NGC 3175 is a spiral galaxy located in the far eastern part of the southern constellation of Antlia [8] at an approximate distance of 54 million light-years. [5] NGC 3175 was discovered on March 30, 1835 by English astronomer John Herschel, [9] whose notes described it as, "considerably bright, large, much extended NE-SW, very gradually little brighter middle". [10] This galaxy is the namesake of the NGC 3175 group of galaxies, [6] which includes the spiral galaxy NGC 3137. [11]
The morphological classification of this galaxy is SAB(s)b, [7] which indicates a weakly- barred spiral galaxy (SAB) with no inner ring structure (s), and somewhat tightly wound spiral arms (b). It spans an angular size of 5′.0 × 1′.3, [8] with the major axis aligned along a position angle of 56°. The plane of the galaxy is inclined at an angle of 77° to the line of sight from the Earth, [12] and thus is being viewed close to edge on.
A study of the galaxy using the Australia Telescope Compact Array found that the outer disk of this galaxy, beyond a radius of 3.5 kpc from the core, is free of neutral hydrogen emission. This is an indication that no star formation is occurring, which is peculiar for a spiral galaxy. In contrast, the central region is undergoing star formation and contains 5.8×108 M☉ of neutral hydrogen. There are no nearby galaxies that could explain the stripping of hydrogen gas from the outer part of the galaxy. [6]