NGC 3774
| Galaxy NGC 3774 |
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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 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 |
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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 .