NGC 3172

id: ngc-3172-293-12388251
title: NGC 3172
text: NGC 3172 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Minor. It is the closest NGC object to the north celestial pole. Discovered by John Herschel in 1831, it is about 285 million light-years away and about 85 thousand light-years across. Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 3172. SN 2010af, was discovered on 4 March, 2010. SN 2017gla, was discovered on 1 September, 2017.
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category slug: encyclopedia
description: Galaxy in the constellation Ursa Minor
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_3172
date created:
date modified: 2023-05-14T11:50:40Z
main entity: {"identifier":"Q371012","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q371012"}
image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/NGC_3172_PanS.jpg","width":964,"height":606}
fields total: 13
integrity: 15

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