NGC 3858
| Galaxy NGC 3858 / NGC 3866 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cups |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 45 m 11.7 s |
| declination | -09 ° 18 ′ 50 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (rs) a / Sy2 / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 56 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019097 ± 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 5725 ± 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(250 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (76.5 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3858 • 3866 • PGC 36621 • MCG -01-30-029 • IRAS 11426-0902 • 2MASX J11451168-0918504 • GALEX ASC J114511.75-091849.4 • LDCE 824 NED017 | |
NGC 3858 = NGC 3866 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Becher in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 250 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 105,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 3854 , among others .
The property was discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth in 1886 .