NGC 3790
| Galaxy NGC 3790 |
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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 47.2 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 42 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 154 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 246 |
| Redshift | 0.011425 ± 0.000167 |
| Radial velocity | (3425 ± 50) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(150 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (46.1 ± 3.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 17, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3790 • UGC 6624 • PGC 36167 • CGCG 097-043 • MCG + 03-30-032 • 2MASX J11394722 + 1742438 • GC 2481 • H III 109 • h 933 • LDCE 831 NED003 | |
NGC 3790 is a lenticular galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Leo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 150 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 3801 , NGC 3802 , NGC 3803 , NGC 3806 are in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 17, 1784 .