NGC 3712
| Galaxy NGC 3712 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 31 m 09.1 s |
| declination | + 28 ° 34 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005270 ± 0.00001 |
| Radial velocity | (1580 ± 3) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(69 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (21.3 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 26, 1827 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3712 • UGC 6506 • PGC 35507 • CGCG 156-090 • MCG + 05-27-082 • 2MASX J11314203 + 2809127 • Arp 203 • GC 2438 • h 905 • | |
NGC 3712 = Arp 203 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble-type SB? in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 69 million light years from the Milky Way .
Halton Arp organized his catalog of unusual galaxies into groups according to purely morphological criteria. This galaxy belongs to the class of galaxies with matter ejected from the nucleus . In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 3713 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 26, 1827 .
Web links
literature
- Jeff Kanipe and Dennis Webb: The Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies - A Chronicle and Observer's Guide , Richmond 2006, ISBN 978-0-943396-76-7