NGC 3799
| Galaxy NGC 3799 |
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| NGC 3799 (center) and NGC 3800 (top left), SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 40 m 09.4 s |
| declination | + 15 ° 19 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) b: / pec / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 114 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 3800 group LGG 246 |
| Redshift | 0.011048 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 3312 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(145 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (44.4 ± 3.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 21, 1832 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3799 • UGC 6630 • PGC 36193 • CGCG 097-047 • MCG + 03-30-037 • KUG 1137 + 156A • 2MASX J11401351 + 1520324 • Arp 83 • VV 350b • NSA 75045 • LDCE 831 NED004 • KPG 296A | |
NGC 3799 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Leo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 145 million light years from the Milky Way and about 35,000 light years across. Together with NGC 3800 , it forms the interacting galaxy pair ARP 83 or KPG 296 .
Halton Arp listed the galaxy in his catalog of special galaxies due to the closely spaced galaxy. This galaxy belongs to the class spiral galaxies with a large companion of high surface brightness on one arm (Arp catalog) .
The object was discovered on April 21, 1832 by the astronomer John Herschel .
literature
- Jeff Kanipe and Dennis Webb: The Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies - A Chronicle and Observer's Guide , Richmond 2006, ISBN 978-0-943396-76-7