NGC 3826
| Galaxy NGC 3826 / NGC 3830 |
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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 32.8 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 29 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 65 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030371 +/- 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 9105 +/- 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(406 ± 28) x 10 6 ly (124.4 ± 8.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 6, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3826 • NGC 3830 • UGC 6671 • PGC 36359 • CGCG 157-018 • MCG + 05-28-018 • 2MASX J11423285 + 2629198 • GC 2511 • GC 2514 • H II 341 • h 954 • h 956 • GALEX ASC J114232. 82 + 262920.4 • LDCE 832 NED004 | |
NGC 3826 = NGC 3830 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E2 in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 406 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 105,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3781 , NGC 3784 , NGC 3785 , IC 2956 , among others .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 6, 1785 .