NGC 3853
Galaxy NGC 3853 |
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NGC 3853 & LEDA 213877 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | lion |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 11 h 44 m 28.3 s |
declination | + 16 ° 33 ′ 29 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | E. |
Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1 ′ |
Position angle | 140 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | LGG 246 |
Redshift | 0.011061 ± 0.000043 |
Radial velocity | 3316 ± 13 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(145 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (44.6 ± 3.1) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Alphonse Borrelly |
Discovery date | 1871 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3853 • UGC 6712 • PGC 36535 • CGCG 097-107 • MCG + 03-30-081 • 2MASX J11442833 + 1633287 • NSA 160477 • LDCE 831 NED012 |
NGC 3853 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E4 in Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 145 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 70,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 3828 .
The property was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly in 1871 .
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