NGC 3888
| Galaxy NGC 3888 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 47 m 34.4 s |
| declination | + 55 ° 58 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) c / Sbrst |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 247 |
| Redshift | 0.008032 ± 0.000037 |
| Radial velocity | 2408 ± 11 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(111 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (34.1 ± 2.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 14, 1789 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3888 • UGC 6765 • PGC 36789 • CGCG 268-085 • MCG + 09-19-189 • 2MASX J11473433 + 5558021 • Mrk 188 • VV 455 • GC 2555 • H II 785 • h 978 • LDCE 0836 NED045 | |
NGC 3888 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Great Bear. It is an estimated 111 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on April 14, 1789 .