NGC 3776

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Galaxy
NGC 3776
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Virgin
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 38 m 18.0 s
declination -03 ° 21 ′ 16 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sa ring?  
Brightness  (visual) 14.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.5 mag
Angular expansion 0.3 'x 0.2'
Position angle 155 °
Surface brightness 11.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.037829 ± 0.000094  
Radial velocity (11341 ± 28) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(501 ± 35)  ·  10 6  ly
(153.6 ± 10.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Ormond Stone
Discovery date 1886
Catalog names
NGC  3776 • PGC  36048 • CGCG  012-045 • 2MASX  J11381802-0321162 •

NGC 3776 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Virgo. It is estimated to be 501 million light years from the Milky Way .

The property was discovered by Ormond Stone in 1886 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3776
  3. Seligman