NGC 3721
| Galaxy NGC 3721 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cups |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 34 m 07.8 s |
| declination | -09 ° 28 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 141 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020798 ± 0.000130 |
| Radial velocity | (6235 ± 39) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(272 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (83.4 ± 5.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3721 • PGC 35727 • 2MASX 11340784-0928014 • | |
NGC 3721 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Becher in the southern sky . It is an estimated 272 million light years from the Milky Way .
The property was discovered by Francis Leavenworth in 1886 .