NGC 3845
| Galaxy NGC 3845 |
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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 05.4 s |
| declination | + 19 ° 59 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1367 LGG 249 |
| Redshift | 0.018986 ± 0.000087 |
| Radial velocity | (5692 ± 26) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(252 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (77.3 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 17, 1831 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3845 • PGC 36470 • CGCG 097-100 • MCG + 03-30-074 • 2MASX J11440543 + 1959463 • GALEXASC J114405.50 + 195948.7 • LDCE 836 NED023 • LEDA 36470 | |
NGC 3845 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 252 million light years from the Milky Way , about 60,000 ly in diameter, and a member of the Leo cluster of galaxies Abell 1367 .
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3841 , NGC 3842 , NGC 3844 , NGC 3851 , among others .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 17, 1831 .