NGC 3889
| Galaxy NGC 3889 |
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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 48.1 s |
| declination | + 56 ° 01 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 126 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.054685 ± 0.000188 |
| Radial velocity | 16394 ± 56 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(736 ± 52) · 10 6 ly (225.7 ± 15.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lawrence Parsons |
| Discovery date | April 1, 1878 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3889 • PGC 36662/36819 • CGCG 268-085 • MCG + 09-19-191 • 2MASX J11474814 + 5601062 • | |
NGC 3889 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E0 in the constellation Ursa Major. It is estimated to be 736 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on April 1, 1878 by Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse .