NGC 3842
| Galaxy NGC 3842 |
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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 44 m 02.1 s |
| declination | + 19 ° 56 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′, 4 × 1 ′, 0 |
| Position angle | 5 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021068 +/- 0.000031 |
| Radial velocity | 6316 +/- 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(280 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (85.8 ± 6.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 26, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3842 • UGC 6704 • PGC 36487 • CGCG 097-095 • MCG + 03-30-072 • 2MASX J11440217 + 1956593 • GC 2527 • H III 378 • h 962 • LDCE 836 NED021 | |
NGC 3842 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E3 in Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 280 million light years from the Milky Way , has a diameter of about 115,000 ly, and is the brightest member of the Leo galaxy cluster Abell 1367 .
The galaxies NGC 3837 , NGC 3841 , NGC 3844 , NGC 3845 are located in the same area of the sky .
A black hole with 9.7 billion solar masses is suspected to be in the center of this galaxy . This is what research by Nicholas McConnell at the University of California has shown .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 26, 1785 .