NGC 3853

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Galaxy
NGC 3853
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NGC 3853 & LEDA 213877 [1]
NGC 3853 & LEDA 213877
AladinLite
Constellation lion
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 3853  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3853
  4. Seligman