NGC 3887
| Galaxy NGC 3887 |
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| The barred spiral galaxy NGC 3887, imaged with the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cups |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 47 m 04.6 s |
| declination | -16 ° 51 ′ 17 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) bc / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.5 ′ × 2.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 20 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004029 ± 0.000004 |
| Radial velocity | (1208 ± 1) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(47 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (14.4 ± 1.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 31, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3887 • UGC A 246 • PGC 36754 • MCG -03-30-012 • IRAS 11445-1634 • 2MASX J11470456-1651167 • GC 2554 • H I 120 • h 979, h 3360 • | |
NGC 3887 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Becher . It is an estimated 47 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on December 31, 1785 .
High-resolution image of the center, taken with the Hubble Space Telescope
