NGC 3825
Galaxy NGC 3825 / NGC 3852 |
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NGC 3825 with LEDA 1377390 (ro) | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Virgin |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 11 h 42 m 23.7 s |
declination | + 10 ° 15 ′ 51 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SBa / LINER |
Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1 ′ |
Position angle | 160 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | WBL 350-005 HCG 58 |
Redshift | 0.021692 ± 0.000057 |
Radial velocity | (6503 ± 17) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(287 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (87.9 ± 6.2) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | William Herschel |
Discovery date | April 15, 1784 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3825 • 3852 • UGC 6668 • PGC 36348 • CGCG 068-037 • MCG + 02-30-018 • 2MASX J11422374 + 1015508 • HCG 58B • GC 2510 • 2534 • H II 154 / III 36 • h 953 • NSA 048620 • LDCE 835 NED006 |
NGC 3825 = NGC 3852 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 287 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 110,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3819 , NGC 3822 , NGC 3833 , NGC 3848 , among others .
The object was discovered on April 15, 1784 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .