NGC 3003

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Leo Minor}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 3003

| image = 250px

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 3003

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Leo Minor

| ra = {{RA|09|48|35.580}}

| dec = {{DEC|+33|25|17.83}}

| h_radial_v = 1474 km/s

| z = 0.004930

| dist_ly = {{cvt|19.50|Mpc|Mly|lk=on|order=flip}}{{cite journal|bibcode=2016AJ....152...50T|doi=10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50|arxiv=1605.01765|title=Cosmicflows-3|author1=Tully, R. Brent|author2=Courtois, Hélène M.|author3=Sorce, Jenny G.|journal=The Astronomical Journal|volume=152|issue=2|id=50|pages=21|date=2016|s2cid=250737862 |doi-access=free }}

| group_cluster =

| type = SBbc{{cite web|url=http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%203003|title=Search specification: NGC 3003|work=HyperLeda|publisher=Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1|accessdate=2021-02-10}}

| size =

| appmag_v = 11.78

| appmag_b = 12.25

| absmag_v =

| size_v =

| notes =

| names = {{odlist|UGC=5251|MCG=+06-22-013|PGC=28186}}{{cite simbad|title=NGC 3003|accessdate=2021-02-10}}

}}

NGC 3003 is a nearly edge-on barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Leo Minor, discovered by William Herschel on December 7, 1785.{{Cite web|url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc30.htm#3003|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3000 - 3049|website=cseligman.com}} It has an apparent visual magnitude of 11.78, at a distance of 19.5 Mpc from the Sun. It has a recessional velocity of 1474 km/s.