NGC 3859
Galaxy NGC 3859 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | lion |
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 |
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 .