NGC 3789
| Galaxy NGC 3789 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cups |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 38 m 09.0 s |
| declination | -09 ° 36 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) 0+? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 '× 0.7' |
| Position angle | 179 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018289 ± 0.000120 |
| Radial velocity | (5483 ± 36) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(238 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (73.1 ± 5.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3789 • PGC 36036 • MCG -01-30-015 • 2MASX J11380904-0936257 • LDCE 0824 NED012 | |
NGC 3789 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Becher in the southern sky . It is an estimated 238 million light years from the Milky Way .
The property was discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth in 1886 .