NGC 3109

spiral galaxy in the constellation Hydra
Thing edge_on_galaxy Q489940
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NGC 3109

Summary

NGC 3109 is an edge-on galaxy[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 44 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 3109 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel[3].
  • NGC 3109's image is recorded as NGC 3109 GALEX WikiSky.jpg[4].
  • NGC 3109's image is recorded as The Value of Being Metal-Poor (iotw2508a).tiff[5].
  • NGC 3109's instance of is recorded as edge-on galaxy[6].
  • NGC 3109's constellation is recorded as Hydra[7].
  • NGC 3109's galaxy morphological type is recorded as SB(s)m[8].
  • NGC 3109's part of is recorded as Local Group[9].
  • NGC 3109's Commons category is recorded as NGC 3109[10].
  • NGC 3109's catalog code is recorded as NGC 3109[11].
  • NGC 3109's catalog code is recorded as MCG-04-24-013[12].
  • NGC 3109's catalog code is recorded as PGC 29128[13].
  • NGC 3109's catalog code is recorded as ESO 499-36[14].
  • NGC 3109's catalog code is recorded as 2MASX J10030687-2609344[15].
  • NGC 3109's catalog code is recorded as UGCA 194[16].
  • NGC 3109's catalog code is recorded as ESO-LV 499-0360[17].
  • NGC 3109's catalog code is recorded as HIPASS J1003-26a[18].
  • NGC 3109's catalog code is recorded as SGC 100049-2555.0[19].
  • NGC 3109's catalog code is recorded as DDO 236[20].
  • NGC 3109's catalog code is recorded as LEDA 29128[21].
  • NGC 3109's catalog code is recorded as SPB 126[22].
  • NGC 3109's catalog code is recorded as [VDD93] 105[23].
  • NGC 3109's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1835-03-24T00:00:00Z[24].
  • NGC 3109's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04lwg8[25].
  • NGC 3109's topic's main category is recorded as Category:NGC 3109[26].
  • NGC 3109's redshift is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.001344'}[27].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 3109 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 3109 has Wikipedia articles in 44 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . KAT-7 science verification: using H I observations of NGC 3109 to understand its kinematics and mass distribution. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . SIMBAD. Retrieved . haroldcorwin.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . The surface photometry catalogue of the ESO-Uppsala galaxies. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). NGC 3109. Retrieved May 7, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-3109
MLA “NGC 3109.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 7 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-3109.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ngc-3109_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{NGC 3109}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-3109}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-07}}
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