NGC 3787
| Galaxy NGC 3787 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 39 m 37.9 s |
| declination | + 20 ° 27 ′ 17 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 21 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023316 +/- 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | (6990 ± 24) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(310 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (95.1 ± 6.7) Mpc |
| diameter | 40,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich Ludwig d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | May 10, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3787 • PGC 36154 • CGCG 127-017 • MCG + 04-28-15 • 2MASX J11393798 + 2027169 • GC 5572 • Ark 306 • LDCE 0836 NED007 | |
NGC 3787 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 310 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 40,000 ly
. a. the galaxies NGC 3805 , NGC 3816 , NGC 3821 .
The object was discovered on May 10, 1864 by the German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Ludwig d'Arrest .