NGC 3779
| Galaxy NGC 3779 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cups |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 38 m 51.0 s |
| declination | -10 ° 35 ′ 01 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) d pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 × 1.0 |
| Position angle | 85 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 248 |
| Redshift | 0.005626 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | (1687 ± 7) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(69 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (21.1 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Andrew A. Common |
| Discovery date | 1880 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3779 • IC 717 • PGC 36084 • MCG -02-30-013 • | |
NGC 3779 = IC 717 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Scd in the constellation Becher. It is estimated to be 69 million light years from the Milky Way .
The property was discovered by Andrew Ainslie Common in 1880 .