NGC 3719
| Galaxy NGC 3719 |
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| NGC 3720 & NGC 3719, SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 32 m 13.4 s |
| declination | + 00 ° 49 ′ 09 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) bc / NLAGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 15 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019487 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 5842 ± 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(256 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (78.4 ± 5.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | March 15, 1866 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3719 • UGC 6521 • PGC 35581 • CGCG 012-008 • MCG + 00-30-005 • 2MASX J11321346 + 0049095 • GALEX ASC J113213.50 + 004909.1 • HOLM 260B | |
NGC 3719 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble-type Sbc in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 256 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 130,000 ly. Together with NGC 3720 , it forms a bound pair of galaxies.
The object was discovered on March 15, 1866 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest .
Web links
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