NGC 3720
| Galaxy NGC 3720 |
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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 21.6 s |
| declination | + 00 ° 48 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAa: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 85 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019837 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 5947 ± 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(260 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (79.8 ± 5.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | March 15, 1866 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3720 • UGC 6523 • PGC 35594 • CGCG 012-010 • MCG + 00-30-006 • 2MASX J11322159 + 0048145 • GALEX ASC J113221.67 + 004815.3 • HOLM 260A | |
NGC 3720 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type S in Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 260 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 75,000 ly. Together with NGC 3719 , it forms a bound pair of galaxies.
The type II supernova SN 2002at was observed here.
The object was discovered on March 15, 1866 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest .
Web links
Commons : NGC 3720 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
