NGC 3812
| Galaxy NGC 3812 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 41 m 07.7 s |
| declination | + 24 ° 49 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 '× 1.6' |
| Position angle | 63 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 348 NGC 3798 group LGG 245 |
| Redshift | 0.012012 ± 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | 3601 ± 23 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(159 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (48.9 ± 3.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 6, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3812 • UGC 6648 • PGC 36256 • CGCG 127-027 • MCG + 04-28-023 • 2MASX J11410768 + 2449180 • GC 2500 • H III 320 • h 944 • GALEX ASC J114107.75 + 244917.6 • LDCE 830 NED003 | |
NGC 3812 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E1 in Leo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 159 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter. Together with two other galaxies, it forms the NGC 3798 group or LGG 245 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3798 , NGC 3814 , NGC 3815 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 6, 1785 .