| NGC3115 / Galaxy, type S0-sp |
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| R.A. | 10h 05m 14.1s (2000.0) |
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| Dec. | -07° 43' 07" (2000.0) |
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| Apparent Size | 7.2×2.5' |
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| Radial Velocity | +492km/s |
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| Magnitude | 9.9 |
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| Distance | 21.8 million light yrs. |
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| Group of Galaxies | NGC3115 Group |
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| Other IDs | MCG-1-26-18, UGCA199
PGC29265 |
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A minor constellation of Sextans is lying just south of Leo in the spring skies,
and a bright edge-on galaxy of NGC3115 is positioned around the southern edge of this inconspicuous constellation.
The galaxy can be caught in view circle of telescopes by using of alpha Hydrae (Alphard) as a guide star and trace 9.3 degrees east from the star.
It's a noticeable characteristic that the galaxy's central bulge is fairly larger than that of many other typical edge-on galaxies like NGC4565.
This apparent shape of NGC3115 has given a nickname of "Spindle Galaxy".
You can see a considerably bright nucleus through large-sized telescopes, and looks like a simple oval lump of light rather than the shape of spindle.
NGC3115 has been classified in a group of "Lenticular (S0)", and a distance is estimated about 22 million light years.
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