NGC 3879
| Galaxy NGC 3879 |
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![NGC 3879 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC3879_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 3879 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 46 m 49.42 s |
| declination | + 69 ° 23 ′ 01.3 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sdm: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.6 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 130 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004773 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 1431 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(69 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (21.3 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| diameter | 50,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 7, 1793 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3879 • UGC 6752 • PGC 36743 • CGCG 334-051 • MCG + 12-11-040 • IRAS 11441 + 6939 • 2MASX J11464940 + 6923011 • GC 2547 • H II 881 • NVSS J114652 + 692255 • WISEA J114649.54 + 692300.9 | |
NGC 3879 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Draco the northern sky . It is estimated to be 69 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on April 7, 1793 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .