NGC 3886
| Galaxy NGC 3886 |
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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 47 m 05.6 s |
| declination | + 19 ° 50 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E / S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 132 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1367 LGG 249 |
| Redshift | 0.019667 ± 0.000070 |
| Radial velocity | (5896 ± 21) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(261 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (80.1 ± 5.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | May 9, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3886 • UGC 6760 • PGC 36756 • CGCG 097-147 • MCG + 03-30-111 • 2MASX J11470561 + 1950143 • LDCE 836 NED048 | |
NGC 3886 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 261 million light years from the Milky Way , has a diameter of about 95,000 ly, and is a member of the Leo galaxy cluster Abell 1367 .
The galaxies NGC 3861 , NGC 3873 , NGC 3875 , IC 2955 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on May 9, 1864 .