NGC 3871

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Galaxy
NGC 3871 / IC 2959
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NGC 3871 [1]
NGC 3871
AladinLite
Constellation Big Bear
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 46 m 10.142 s
declination + 33 ° 06 ′ 31.45 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S / LINER  
Brightness  (visual) 14.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.6 mag
Angular expansion 1.4 '× 0.5'
Position angle 102 °
Surface brightness 14.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation WBL 356  
Redshift 0.032299 ± 0.000087  
Radial velocity 9683 ± 26 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(432 ± 30)  ·  10 6  ly
(132.6 ± 9.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date April 3, 1831
Catalog names
NGC  3871 • IC  2959 • UGC  6744 • PGC  36702 • CGCG  186-041 • MCG  + 06-26-031 • 2MASX  J11461015 + 3306311 • GALEX ASC J114610.19 + 330630.7 • LDCE 838 NED004 • WISEA J114610.15 + 330631.6

NGC 3871 = IC 2959 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb with an active galaxy core in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 432 million light years from the Milky Way and about 180,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of ​​the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 3878 , NGC 3880 , NGC 3881 , IC 2958 .

The object was discovered on April 3, 1831 by John Herschel with his 18.7-inch reflector telescope.

Web links

Commons : NGC 3871  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3871
  4. ↑ Seligman