Galaxy · Sextans

NGC 3166

Also known as PGC 29814 · UGC 5516

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Type

Galaxy

Constellation

Sextans

Position (J2000)

10h 13m 46s · +3° 25′ 29″

Discovered

by William Herschel in 1783

Pictures

1

Magnitude

10.62

visual

Size

4.5′ × 2.8′

Distance

~68,000,000 ly

Best months

Jan–Mar

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.