NGC 3863
| Galaxy NGC 3863 |
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| NGC 3863 & SDSS J114503.49 + 082906.7 (above), SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 45 m 05.5 s |
| declination | + 08 ° 28 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.8 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 75 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015074 +/- 0.000022 |
| Radial velocity | 4519 +/- 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(198 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (60.7 ± 4.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | March 25, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3863 • UGC 6722 • PGC 36607 • CGCG 068-054 • MCG + 02-30-028 • IRAS 11425 + 0844 • 2MASX J11450555 + 0828100 • 2MASS J11450553 + 0828099 | |
NGC 3863 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 198 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 165,000 ly in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 3843 , NGC 3876 , IC 720 , IC 724 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on March 25, 1865 .