NGC 3705
| Galaxy NGC 3705 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 30 m 07 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 16 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) ab / LINER / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.9 ′ × 2 ′ |
| Position angle | 122 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Leo II group |
| Redshift | 0.003396 ± 0.000005 |
| Radial velocity | 1018 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(41 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (12.7 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| diameter | 100,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 18, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3705 • UGC 6498 • PGC 35440 • CGCG 067-093 • MCG + 02-29-039 • IRAS 11275 + 0933 • 2MASX J11300745 + 0916358 • GC 2436 • H II 13 • h 903 • HIPASS J1130 + 09 • HOLM 259A • LDCE 778 NED043 | |
NGC 3705 is an active barred spiral galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type SBab in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 41 million light years from the Milky Way and about 175,000 light years in diameter . The galaxy has an angular extent of 4.9 '× 2.0' and an apparent magnitude of 11.0 mag.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 698 , IC 2876 , IC 2879 , IC 2887 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on January 18, 1784 .
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