NGC 3715
Galaxy NGC 3715 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Southern crown |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 11 h 31 m 32.3 s |
declination | -14 ° 13 ′ 53 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | (R ') SB (rs) bc: / HII |
Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
Position angle | 145 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.007085 +/- 0.000030 |
Radial velocity | 2124 +/- 9 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(88 ± 6) x 10 6 ly (26.9 ± 1.9) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | William Herschel |
Discovery date | March 27, 1786 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3715 • PGC 35540 • MCG -02-29-041 • IRAS 11290-1357 • 2MASX J11313233-1413527 • GC 2441 • H II 562 • h 3347 • |
NGC 3715 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SB (rs) bc in the constellation Crater in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 88 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 40,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3727 , NGC 3734 , IC 706 .
The object was discovered on March 27, 1786 by the astronomer William Herschel .