NGC 3733
| Galaxy NGC 3733 |
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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 35 m 01.6 s |
| declination | + 54 ° 51 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) cd: |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.9 ′ × 2.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
UMa cluster WBL 340 LGG 250 |
| Redshift | 0.003953 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 1185 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(56 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (17.2 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 14, 1789 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3733 • UGC 6554 • PGC 35797 • CGCG 268-055 • MCG + 09-19-123 • IRAS F11322 + 5507 • 2MASX J11350158 + 5451018 • VV 459 • GC 2450 • H III 771 • | |
NGC 3733 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 56 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 3737 , NGC 3738 , NGC 3759 , IC 2943 are located in the same area of the sky .
The type IIP supernova SN 1980D was observed here.
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 14, 1789 .