NGC 3861
| Galaxy NGC 3861 |
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| SDSS image of NGC 3861 & PGC 36610 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 45 m 03.9 s |
| declination | + 19 ° 58 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SAB (r) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 77 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1367 LGG 249 |
| Redshift | 0.016982 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | (5091 ± 2) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(225 ± 16) · 10 6 ly (69.1 ± 4.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 23, 1827 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3861 • UGC 6724 • PGC 36604 • CGCG 097-129W • MCG + 03-30-093 • 2MASX J11450387 + 1958249 • GC 2536 • h 970 • LDCE 0836 NED033 | |
NGC 3861 (A) is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Leo at the ecliptic . It is an estimated 225 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 23, 1827 .