NGC 3762
| Galaxy NGC 3762 |
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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 37 m 23.8 s |
| declination | + 61 ° 45 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 '× 0.5' |
| Position angle | 167 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 239 |
| Redshift | 0.011551 ± 0.000130 |
| Radial velocity | 3463 ± 39 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(159 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (48.7 ± 3.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 19, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3762 • UGC 6591 • PGC 35979 • CGCG 292-011 • MCG + 10-17-027 • 2MASX J11372373 + 6145337 • GC 2465 • H II 837 • h 921 • GALEX ASC J113723.89 + 614534.6 • LDCE 816 NED005 | |
NGC 3762 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Ursa Major at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 159 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter. Together with two other galaxies, it forms the NGC 3762 group or LGG 239 .
The galaxy NGC 3725 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on March 19, 1790 by Wilhelm Herschel .
NGC 3762 group ( LGG 239 )
| Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million Lj |
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| NGC 3762 | PGC 35979 | 159 |
| NGC 3725 | PGC 35698 | 153 |
| PGC 35626 | UGC 6528 | 149 |