NGC 3827
| Galaxy NGC 3827 |
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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 42 m 36.3 s |
| declination | + 18 ° 50 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 65 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
Abell 1367 LGG 246 |
| Redshift | 0.010447 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 3132 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(138 ± 10) x 10 6 ly (42.2 ± 3.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich Louis d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | December 29, 1861 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3827 • UGC 6673 • PGC 36361 • CGCG 097-070 • MCG + 03-30-054 • IRAS 11400 + 1907 • KUG 1140 + 191 • 2MASX J11423626 + 1850440 • NVSS J114236 + 185042 • LDCE 831 NED011 | |
NGC 3827 is a spiral radio galaxy of the Hubble-type Sm in the constellation Leo at the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 138 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 35,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3834 , NGC 3857 , NGC 3859 , NGC 3864 , among others .
The object was discovered on December 29, 1861 by the astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest .
Web links
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