NGC 3742
| Galaxy NGC 3742 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 35 m 32.9 s |
| declination | -37 ° 57 ′ 23 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SAB (rl) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.0 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.4 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 116 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009066 ± 0.000043 |
| Radial velocity | (2718 ± 13) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(124 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (38.0 ± 2.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 21, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3742 • PGC 35833 • ESO 320-006 • MCG -06-26-001 • 2MASX J11353252-3757229 • LDCE 0916 NED003 | |
NGC 3742 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab / P in the constellation Centaur in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 124 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on April 21, 1835 .