NGC 3785
| Galaxy NGC 3785 |
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![NGC 3785 & NGC 3784 with LEDA 213868 (o) [1] SDSS recording](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC3785_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 3785 & NGC 3784 with LEDA 213868 (o) SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 39 m 32.9 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 18 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 25 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 344 |
| Redshift | 0.030574 ± 0.000173 |
| Radial velocity | 9166 ± 52 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(408 ± 29) x 10 6 ly (125.2 ± 8.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | April 28, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3785 • UGC 6620 • PGC 36148 • CGCG 157-008 • MCG + 05-28-007 • 2MASX J11393294 + 2618079 • NSA 160311 • LDCE 832 NED003 • HOLM 271B | |
NGC 3785 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Leo, north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 408 million light years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light years in diameter. Together with NGC 3784 , it forms the (optical) galaxy pair Holm 271 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3781 and NGC 3826 .
The object was discovered on April 28, 1881 by Édouard Stephan .