NGC 3726
| Galaxy data from NGC 3726 |
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| SDSS recording, angle of view 9 '× 9' | |
| 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 21.1 s |
| declination | + 47 ° 01 ′ 45 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) c / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 10.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 6 ′ × 4.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
Ursa Major South NGC 3992 Group LGG 258 |
| Redshift | 0.002887 ± 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | 866 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(41 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (12.5 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| diameter | 95,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 5, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3726 • UGC 6537 • PGC 35676 • CGCG 242-045 • MCG + 08-21-051 • IRAS 11306 + 4718 • 2MASX J11332117 + 4701447 • GC 2445 • H II 730 • h 910 • SDSS J113320.36 + 470131.1 • LDCE 867 NED024 | |
NGC 3726 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is an estimated 41 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by William Herschel on February 5, 1788 .
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