NGC 3796
Galaxy NGC 3796 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Big Bear |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 11 h 40 m 31.1 s |
declination | + 60 ° 17 ′ 56 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S? |
Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
Position angle | 127 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.004170 ± 0.000017 |
Radial velocity | 1250 ± 5 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(60 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (18.4 ± 1.3) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | William Herschel |
Discovery date | March 19, 1790 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3796 • UGC 6638 • PGC 36215 • CGCG 292-018 • MCG + 10-17-039 • 2MASX J11403114 + 6017562 • GC 2485 • H II 839 • h 937 • GALEX ASC J114031.16 + 601757.0 • LDCE 867 NED033 |
NGC 3796 is a dwarf galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S? in the constellation Great Bear in the north star sky . It is estimated to be 60 million light years from the Milky Way and about 15,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 3770 , NGC 3809 , NGC 3835 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on March 19, 1790 by Wilhelm Herschel .