NGC 3722
| Galaxy NGC 3722 |
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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 23.3 s |
| declination | -09 ° 40 ′ 48 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021415 ± 0.000110 |
| Radial velocity | (6420 ± 33) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(280 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (85.9 ± 6.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Andrew Common |
| Discovery date | 1880 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3722 • PGC 35746 • 2MASX J11342332-0940475 • | |
NGC 3722 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation cup at the southern sky . It is an estimated 280 million light years from the Milky Way .
The property was discovered by Andrew Ainslie Common in 1880 .