NGC 3851
| Galaxy NGC 3851 |
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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 20.4 s |
| declination | + 19 ° 58 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E / S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 71 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1367 |
| Redshift | 0.021365 +/- 0.000025 |
| Radial velocity | 6405 +/- 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(284 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (87.1 ± 6.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 24, 1827 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3851 • PGC 36516 • CGCG 097-106 • MCG + 03-30-077 • 2MASX J11442041 + 1958508 • LEDA 36516 • LDCE 836 NED026 | |
NGC 3851 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E3 in Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 284 million light years from the Milky Way , about 50,000 ly in diameter, and a member of the Leo galaxy cluster Abell 1367 .
The galaxies NGC 3841 , NGC 3842 , NGC 3844 , NGC 3845 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on February 24, 1827 .