NGC 3847

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Galaxy
NGC 3847 / NGC 3856
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Big Bear
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 44 m 14.0 s
declination + 33 ° 30 ′ 52 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E.  
Brightness  (visual) 13.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.3 mag
Angular expansion 1.1 ′ × 1.1 ′
Surface brightness 13.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.031829 ± 0.000063  
Radial velocity (9542 ± 19) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(426 ± 30)  ·  10 6  ly
(130.7 ± 9.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date April 3, 1831
Catalog names
NGC  3847/3856 • UGC  6708 • PGC  36504 • CGCG  186-032 • MCG  + 06-26-023 • 2MASX  J11441398 + 3330521 • GC  2530 • h  965 • LDCE 0838 NED001

NGC 3847 = NGC 3856 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Ursa Major. It is an estimated 426 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered on April 3, 1831 by the astronomer John Herschel .

Web links

Commons : NGC 3847  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d SEDS : NGC 3847
  3. Seligman