NGC 3724

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Galaxy
NGC 3724
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NGC 3724 PanS.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation cups
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 34 m 28.7 s
declination -09 ° 39 ′ 37 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0 +: sp  
Brightness  (visual) 14.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.0 mag
Angular expansion 1.2 ′ × 0.4 ′
Position angle 63 °
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.020601 ± 0.000117  
Radial velocity (6176 ± 35) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(269 ± 19)  ·  10 6  ly
(82.6 ± 5.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Andrew Common
Discovery date 1880
Catalog names
NGC  3724 • PGC  35757 • MCG  -01-30-007 • 2MASX  J11342867-0939365 • LDCE 0824 NED009

NGC 3724 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Becher in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 269 million light years from the Milky Way .

The property was discovered by Andrew Ainslie Common in 1880 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3724
  3. Seligman