| Epoch: | J2000 |
| Constellation Name: | Antlia |
| H Radial V: | 2455.5 km/s |
| Z: | 0.008224 |
| Dist Ly: | [1] |
| Type: | SBbc |
| Appmag V: | 11.83 |
| Appmag B: | 12.15 |
| Names: | [2] |
NGC 3001 is a magnitude 11.83[3] spiral galaxy in the constellation Antlia, discovered on 30 March 1835 by John Herschel. It has a recessional velocity of 2465km (1,532miles) per second, and is located around 115 million light years away. NGC 3001 has an apparent size of 4.3 by 3.1 arcminutes and is about 145 thousand light years across.[4]
One supernova has been observed in NGC 3001: SN2010hg (typeIa, mag. 15) was discovered by Berto Monard on 1 September 2010.[5]