NGC 3880

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Galaxy
NGC 3880
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NGC 3880 [1]
NGC 3880
AladinLite
Constellation Big Bear
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 46 m 22.233 s
declination + 33 ° 09 ′ 42.39 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0?  
Brightness  (visual) 13.9 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.9 mag
Angular expansion 0.7 '× 0.7'
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation WBL 356  
Redshift 0.033530 ± 0.000063  
Radial velocity 10,052 ± 19 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(449 ± 31)  ·  10 6  ly
(137.7 ± 9.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date April 29, 1827
Catalog names
NGC  3880 • PGC  36712 • CGCG  186-043 • MCG  + 06-26-033 • 2MASX  J11462225 + 3309421 • GALEX ASC J114622.18 + 330942.5 • LDCE 838 NED006 • WISEA J114622.24 + 330942.5

NGC 3880 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E0 in the constellation Ursa Major at the northern sky . It is an estimated 449 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3871 , NGC 3878 , NGC 3881 , IC 2959 .

The object was discovered by John Herschel on April 29, 1827 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e SEDS : NGC 3880
  4. ↑ Seligman