NGC 3859
| Galaxy NGC 3859 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 44 m 52.2 s |
| declination | + 19 ° 27 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 58 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1367 LGG 249 |
| Redshift | 0.018239 ± 0.000021 |
| Radial velocity | (5468 ± 6) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(242 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (74.2 ± 5.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | March 23, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3859 • PGC 36582 • CGCG 097-122 • MCG + 03-30-091 • IRAS 11423 + 1943 • KUG 1142 + 197 • 2MASX J11445225 + 1927149 • LDCE 836 NED031 | |
NGC 3859 is a lenticular galaxy with extended star formation from the Hubble type Sb in Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 242 million light-years from the Milky Way , about 85,000 ly in diameter, and is a member of the Leo cluster of galaxies Abell 1367 .
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3857 , NGC 3862 , NGC 3864 , NGC 3867 , among others .
The object was discovered by Edouard Stephan on March 23, 1884 .