NGC 3772
| Galaxy NGC 3772 |
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![NGC 3772 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC3772_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 3772 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 37 m 48.476 s |
| declination | + 22 ° 41 ′ 28.65 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBa / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 '× 0.6' |
| Position angle | 16 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011875 ± 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | 3560 ± 23 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(157 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (48.2 ± 3.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 10, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3772 • UGC 6598 • PGC 36005 • CGCG 127-008 • MCG + 04-28-006 • 2MASX J11374841 + 2241320 • GC 2473 • H II 352 • h 927 • GALEX ASC J113748.48 + 224129.1 • WISEA J113748.48 + 224128.6 | |
NGC 3772 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa with an active galaxy core in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 157 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3744 , NGC 3745 , NGC 3748 , NGC 3761 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 10, 1785 .
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