| NGC 3000 | |
| Epoch: | J2000 |
| Constellation Name: | Ursa Major |
| Dec: | +44° 07’ 49” |
| Ra: | 09h 48m 51s |
| Dist Ly: | 168 Mly (51.66 Mpc) |
| Appmag V: | 10.88 |
| Type: | SB(r)bc |
| Notes: | N/A |
| Names: | PGC 5067534 |
| Appmag B: | 11 |
NGC 3000 is a double star located in the constellation Ursa Major.[1] It was first discovered and observed by Bindon Stoney an assistant to William Parsons, on January 25, 1851,[2] and was initially catalogued as a nebula-like object. Since its discovery, NGC 3000 has been observed and studied using various telescopes.
Bindon Stoney first described NGC 3000 as a "very faint, small, irregularly round, mottled but not resolved" galaxy. However, its recorded position, precessed to RA 09 49 02.6, Dec +44 08 46, shows no object at that location. Analysis reveals Stoney's recorded positions for objects in this region consistently have a systematic error of approximately 2 arcminutes to the east-northeast. Applying this correction places the coordinates nearly precisely on a pair of stars now identified as NGC 3000.[3]