NGC 3783
| Galaxy NGC 3783 |
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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 39 m 01.7 s |
| declination | -37 ° 44 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (r) a Sy1 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 'x 1.7' |
| Position angle | 160 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009730 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | (2917 ± 2) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(121 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (37.2 ± 2.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 21, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3783 • PGC 36101 • ESO 378-014 • MCG -06-26-004 • 2MASX J11390172-3744185 • LDCE 0916 NED006 | |
NGC 3783 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Centaur in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 121 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on April 21, 1835 .