NGC 3706
| Galaxy NGC 3706 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 29 m 44.4 s |
| declination | -36 ° 23 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) 0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.1 ′ × 1.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 78 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009930 ± 0.000047 |
| Radial velocity | (2977 ± 14) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(124 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (38.0 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 1, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3706 • PGC 35417 • ESO 378-006 • MCG -06-25-022 • 2MASX J11294442-3623285 • LDCE 0916 NED002 | |
NGC 3706 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation Centaur in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 124 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on May 1, 1834 by John Herschel .