NGC 3774
Galaxy NGC 3774 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | cups |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 11 h 38 m 30.26 s |
declination | -08 ° 58 ′ 34.1 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | (R ') SB (rs) from: |
Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.0 '× 0.5' |
Position angle | 56 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.020514 ± 0.000100 |
Radial velocity | 6150 ± 30 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(268 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (82.3 ± 5.8) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
Discovery date | January 24, 1887 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3774 • PGC 36058 • MCG -01-30-016 • IRAS F11360-0842 • 2MASX J11383026-0858338 • 2MASS J11383025-0858344 • WISEA J113830.27-085834.3 • USGC S171 NED03 |
NGC 3774 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb with an active galaxy core in the constellation Becher in the southern sky . It is an estimated 268 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years across.
The galaxies NGC 3771 , NGC 3789 , NGC 379 1, IC 715 are in the same area of the sky .
The property was discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth on January 24, 1887 .