NGC 3824
| Galaxy NGC 3824 |
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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 42 m 44.8 s |
| declination | + 52 ° 46 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) a? / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 118 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018830 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 5645 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(255 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (78.2 ± 5.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 14, 1789 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3824 • UGC 6676 • PGC 36370 • CGCG 268-073 • MCG + 09-19-161 • IRAS 11400 + 5303 • 2MASX J11424481 + 5246459 • GC 2509 • H III 774 • h 952 • GALEX ASC J114245.09 + 524647.0 | |
NGC 3824 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 95 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 35,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 3829 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 14, 1789 .
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