NGC 3731
| Galaxy NGC 3731 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 34 m 11.7 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 30 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 '× 0.9' |
| Position angle | 50 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010421 ± 0.000047 |
| Radial velocity | (3124 ± 14) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(136 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (41.7 ± 2.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 12, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3728 • UGC 6553 • PGC 35731 • CGCG 068-003 NED01 • MCG + 02-30-001 • 2MASX J11341166 + 1230436 • GC 2448 • H III 80 • | |
NGC 3731 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 136 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 12, 1784 .