NGC 3774

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Galaxy
NGC 3774
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Constellation cups
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3774
  3. Seligman