NGC 3796
| Galaxy NGC 3796 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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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 |
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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 .