NGC 3843
| Galaxy NGC 3843 |
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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 43 m 54.6 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 55 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 42 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019707 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | (5908 ± 27) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(260 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (79.7 ± 5.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edward Holden |
| Discovery date | April 27, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3843 • UGC 6699 • PGC 36481 • CGCG 040-034 • MCG + 01-30-011 • 2MASX 11435462 + 0755321 • LDCE 0835 NED010 | |
NGC 3843 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 260 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Edward Holden on April 27, 1881 .