NGC 3727
| Galaxy NGC 3727 |
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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 33 m 40.9 s |
| declination | -13 ° 52 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 78 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015291 ± 0.000133 |
| Radial velocity | (4584 ± 40) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(198 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (60.6 ± 4.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3727 • PGC 35697 • MCG -01-30-003 • 2MASX J11334092-1352435 • | |
NGC 3727 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type E in the constellation Becher in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 198 million light years from the Milky Way .
The property was discovered by Francis Leavenworth in 1886 .