NGC 3729
| Galaxy data from NGC 3729 |
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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 49.3 s |
| declination | + 53 ° 07 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) a / pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.9 ′ × 1.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 165 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
UMa cluster LGG 241 |
| Redshift | 0.003536 ± 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | (1060 ± 1) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(50 ± 4) x 10 6 ly (15.4 ± 1.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 12, 1789 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3729 • UGC 6547 • PGC 35711 • CGCG 268-051 • MCG + 09-19-117 • IRAS 11310 + 5324 • KUG 1131 + 534 • 2MASX J11334932 + 5307317 • GC 2447 • H I 222 • h 911 • KCPG 290B • LDCE 867 NED025 | |
NGC 3729 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa / P in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 50 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light-years across.
The galaxy NGC 3718 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 12, 1789 .
Web links
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [1] [2] [3]