NGC 3034
Cigar Galaxy
NGC 3034 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Ursa Major. The NGC is a catalog of 7,840 nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies. Here are the key stats on NGC 3034:
| NGC: | NGC 3034 |
| Common name: | Cigar Galaxy |
| Messier: | M 82 |
| Type: | galaxy |
| Galaxy type: | spiral |
| Galaxy morph class: | S |
| Constellation: | Ursa Major |
| Surface brightness: | 22.2 mag/arcsec2 |
| V-mag (visual): | 8.3 |
| B-mag (blue): | 8.94 |
| J-mag (IR): | 5.84 |
| H-mag (IR): | |
| K-mag (IR): | 5.07 |
| Right Ascension: | 09:55:52.73 |
| Declination: | 69:40:45.80 |
| Major axis: | 10.99 ' |
| Minor axis: | 5.11 ' |
| Angle (major axis): | 66° |
| Radial velocity: | 219 km/s |
| Redshift: | 0.00073 |
Right Ascension (RA) units = HH:MM:SS.SS
Declination (Dec) units = DD:MM:SS.SS