NGC 3872
| Galaxy NGC 3872 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 44 m 49.1 s |
| declination | + 19 ° 47 ′ 42 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E5 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 25 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010627 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | (3186 ± 27) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(139 ± 10) x 10 6 ly (42.7 ± 3.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 8, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3872 • UGC 6738 • PGC 36678 • CGCG 068-060 • MCG + 02-30-033 • 2MASX J11454906 + 1346000 • GC 2541 • H II 104 • h 973 • | |
NGC 3872 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E5 in Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 139 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 8, 1784 .