NGC 3728
Galaxy NGC 3728 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | lion |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 11 h 33 m 15.8 s |
declination | + 26 ° 24 ′ 49 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sb |
Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
Angular expansion | 2.0 '× 1.5' |
Position angle | 25 ° |
Surface brightness | 15.0 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.023249 ± 0.000013 |
Radial velocity | (6970 ± 4) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(310 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (95.0 ± 6.6) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
Discovery date | April 10, 1785 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3728 • UGC 6536 • PGC 35669 • CGCG 126-087 • MCG + 04-27-061 • 2MASX J11331580 + 2426493 • GC 2446 • H II 351 • h 912 • LDCE 0823 NED004 |
NGC 3728 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 310 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 10, 1785 .