NGC 3846
| Galaxy NGC 3846 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 44 m 29.1 s |
| declination | + 55 ° 39 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAc: / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 250 |
| Redshift | 0.032340 ± 0.000096 |
| Radial velocity | (9695 ± 29) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(437 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (133.9 ± 9.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 10, 1831 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3846 • UGC 6710 • PGC 36539 • CGCG 268-078 • MCG + 09-19-171 • 2MASX J11442911 + 5539073 • GC 2529 • h 964 • LDCE 0838 NED001 | |
NGC 3846 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Ursa Major. It is estimated to be 437 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on February 10, 1831 by the astronomer John Herschel .
Web links
Commons : NGC 3846 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
