NGC 3744

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Galaxy
NGC 3744
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation lion
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 35 m 57.9 s
declination + 23 ° 00 ′ 42 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S.  
Brightness  (visual) 14.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.2 mag
Angular expansion 0.6 'x 0.2'
Position angle 9 °
Surface brightness 11.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.023750 ± 0.000057  
Radial velocity (7120 ± 17) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(316 ± 22)  ·  10 6  ly
(97.0 ± 6.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Edouard Stephan
Discovery date April 11, 1882
Catalog names
NGC  3744 • PGC  35857 • CGCG  126-107 • 2MASX  J11355789 + 2300417 •

NGC 3744 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type S in Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 316 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Edouard Stephan on April 11, 1882 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3744
  3. Seligman