NGC 3805

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Galaxy
NGC 3805
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation lion
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 40 m 41.7 s
declination + 20 ° 20 ′ 35 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0-  
Brightness  (visual) 12.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.7 mag
Angular expansion 1.4 ′ × 1.1 ′
Position angle 60 °
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.022112 ± 0.000063  
Radial velocity (6629 ± 19) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(294 ± 21)  ·  10 6  ly
(90.1 ± 6.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date April 25, 1785
Catalog names
NGC  3805 • UGC  6642 • PGC  36224 • CGCG  127-024 • MCG  + 04-28-019 • 2MASX  J11404166 + 2020348 • GC  2495 • H  III 375 • h  941 • LDCE 0836 NED008

NGC 3805 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation Leo, north of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 294 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 25, 1785 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3805
  3. Seligman