NGC 3725
| Galaxy NGC 3725 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 33 m 40.5 s |
| declination | + 61 ° 53 ′ 17 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBc / Sbrst / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 '× 0.9' |
| Position angle | 145 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
UMa cluster NGC 3992 group LGG 258 |
| Redshift | 0.011121 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 3334 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(153 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (47.0 ± 3.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 19, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3725 • UGC 6542 • PGC 35698 • CGCG 291-078 • 292-005 • MCG + 10-17-015 • IRAS 11308 + 6209 • 2MASX J11334053 + 6153165 • Mrk 179 • GC 2444 • H II 836 • h 909 • NVSS J113340 + 615313 • LDCE 816 NED004 | |
NGC 3725 is an active bar-spiral galaxy with a high rate of star formation of the Hubble-type SBc in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 153 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light years in diameter. Together with two other galaxies, it forms the NGC 3762 group or LGG 239 .
The galaxy NGC 3762 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on March 19, 1790 by Wilhelm Herschel .