NGC 3884
| Galaxy NGC 3884 |
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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 46 m 12.2 s |
| declination | + 20 ° 23 ′ 30 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (r) 0 / a; LINER Sy1 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1367 |
| Redshift | 0.023436 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 7026 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(312 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (95.6 ± 6.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 27, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3884 • UGC 6746 • PGC 36706 • CGCG 127-052 • MCG + 04-28-051 • 2MASX J11461218 + 2023297 • GC 2552 • H III 388 • h 977 • LDCE 0836 NED045 | |
NGC 3884 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 312 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on April 27, 1785 .