NGC 3791
| Galaxy NGC 3791 |
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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 39 m 38.5 s |
| declination | -09 ° 22 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SAB0 pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 '× 1.0' |
| Position angle | 164 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018429 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | (5525 ± 45) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(240 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (73.7 ± 5.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 22, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3791 • PGC 36156 • MCG -01-30-020 • 2MASX J11394183-0922028 • GC 2482 • H III 609 • h 935 • LDCE 0824 NED014 | |
NGC 3791 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Becher in the southern sky . It is an estimated 240 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on February 22nd, 1787 .