NGC 3764
| Galaxy NGC 3764 |
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![NGC 3764 with LEDA 1544370 [1] (l) SDSS mount](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC3764_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 3764 with LEDA 1544370 (l) SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 36 m 54.1 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 53 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 '× 0.7' |
| Position angle | 124 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011144 ± 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | 3341 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(146 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (44.9 ± 3.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | April 20, 1862 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3764 • PGC 35930 • CGCG 097-025 • MCG + 03-30-020 • | |
NGC 3764 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in Leo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 146 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 3768 , NGC 3790 , NGC 3801 , NGC 3803 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on April 20, 1862 by the German-Danish astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest .