NGC 3778
| Galaxy NGC 3778 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 38 m 21.4 s |
| declination | -50 ° 42 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 '× 0.9' |
| Position angle | 24 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014507 ± 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | (4349 ± 19) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(185 ± 13) x 10 6 ly (56.7 ± 4.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 31, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3778 • PGC 36051 • ESO 216-026 • 2MASX J11382141-5042551 • LDCE 0820 NED003 | |
NGC 3778 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type E-SB0 in the constellation Centaur in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 185 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 31, 1835 .