NGC 3815
| Galaxy NGC 3815 |
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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 39.3 s |
| declination | + 24 ° 48 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 72 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 245 |
| Redshift | 0.012379 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 3711 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(164 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (50.4 ± 3.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 10, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3815 • UGC 6654 • PGC 36288 • CGCG 127-030 • MCG + 04-28-025 • 2MASX J11413930 + 2448019 • GC 2502 • H III 339 • h 946 • LDCE 0830 NED004 | |
NGC 3815 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Leo the northern sky . It is an estimated 164 million light years from the Milky Way . Together with two other galaxies, it forms the NGC 3798 group or LGG 245 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 10, 1785 .