NGC 3730

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Galaxy
NGC 3730
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NGC 3730 PanS.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation cups
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 34 m 16.9 s
declination -09 ° 34 ′ 34 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R) SA0o  
Brightness  (visual) 13.0 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.0 mag
Angular expansion 1 ′ × 0.9 ′
Surface brightness 13.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.018399 ± 0.000220  
Radial velocity (5516 ± 66) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(240 ± 17)  x  10 6  ly
(73.5 ± 5.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery Francis Leavenworth
Discovery date 1886
Catalog names
NGC  3730 • PGC  35743 • MCG  -01-30-003 • 2MASX  J11341683-0934335 • LDCE 0824 NED008

NGC 3730 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation cup at the southern sky . It is an estimated 240 million light years from the Milky Way .

The property was discovered by Francis Leavenworth in 1886 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 3730
  3. Seligman