NGC 3876
| Galaxy NGC 3876 |
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![with the HI region SDSS J114522.07 + 090943.3 [1] (right), SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC3876_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| with the HI region SDSS J114522.07 + 090943.3 (right), 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 26.7 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 09 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 105 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009647 ± 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | 2892 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(125 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (38.4 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 15, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3876 • UGC 6730 • PGC 36644 • CGCG 068-055 • MCG + 02-30-029 • IRAS 11428 + 0926 • 2MASX J11452663 + 0909386 • GC 2544 • H III 103 • NVSS J114526 + 090942 | |
NGC 3876 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 125 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 40,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3863 , IC 720 , IC 722 , IC 724 .
The object was discovered on April 15, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel .