NGC 3771
| Galaxy NGC 3771 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cups |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 39 m 06.0 s |
| declination | -09 ° 20 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 '× 1.3' |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019694 ± 0.000120 |
| Radial velocity | (5904 ± 36) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(257 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (78.9 ± 5.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3771 • PGC 36107 • MCG -01-30-018 • 2MASX J11390599-0920535 • LDCE 0824 NED013 | |
NGC 3771 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation cup at the southern sky . It is an estimated 257 million light years from the Milky Way .
The property was discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth in 1886 .