NGC 3855
| Galaxy NGC 3855 |
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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 25.8 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 21 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (r) b / AGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 '× 0.9' |
| Position angle | 72 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.031065 ± 0.000087 |
| Radial velocity | (9313 ± 26) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(416 ± 29) · 10 6 ly (127.6 ± 8.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | May 8, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3855 • IC 2953 • UGC 6709 • PGC 36530 • CGCG 186-033 • MCG + 06-26-025 • 2MASX J11442576 + 3321182 • LDCE 0838 NED002 | |
NGC 3855 = IC 2953 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the Great Bear in the northern sky . It is an estimated 416 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on May 8, 1864 .