NGC 3864
| Galaxy NGC 3864 |
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| LEDA 1590742 & NGC 3864, SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 45 m 15.7 s |
| declination | + 19 ° 23 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 66 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1367 |
| Redshift | 0.023339 +/- 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | 6997 +/- 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(310 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (95.1 ± 6.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | March 23, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3864 • PGC 36620 • CGCG 097-130 • MCG + 03-30-097 • 2MASX J11451571 + 1923316 • USGC U416 NED20 • GALEX ASC J114515.65 + 192332.0 | |
NGC 3864 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 310 million light years from the Milky Way , about 80,000 ly in diameter, and a member of the Leo galaxy cluster Abell 1367 .
The galaxies NGC 3857 , NGC 3859 , NGC 3867 , NGC 3868 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Edouard Stephan on March 23, 1884 .