NGC 3741
| Galaxy NGC 3741 |
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![NGC 3741 [1] Hubble Space Telescope](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC_3741.png)
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| NGC 3741 Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 36 m 06.18 s |
| declination | + 45 ° 17 ′ 01.1 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | In the III / BCD |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 5 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.000764 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 229 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(12 ± 1) x 10 6 ly (3.66 ± 0.26) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 19, 1828 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3741 • UGC 6572 • PGC 35878 • CGCG 242-057 • MCG + 08-21-068 • SDSS J113605.75 + 451702.9 | |
NGC 3741 is an irregular dwarf galaxy from the Hubble type in the constellation Ursa Major at the northern sky . It is an estimated 12 million light years from the Milky Way and about 5,000 light years across.
The object was discovered on March 19, 1828 by the astronomer John Herschel with a 48 cm telescope.
Web links
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