NGC 3891
| Galaxy NGC 3891 |
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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 48 m 03.3 s |
| declination | + 30 ° 21 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.0 '× 1.7' |
| Position angle | 70 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021013 ± 0.000168 |
| Radial velocity | 6300 ± 50 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(281 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (86.1 ± 6.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 3, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3891 • UGC 6772 • PGC 36832 • CGCG 157-035 • MCG + 05-28-031 • 2MASX J11480336 + 3021335 • GC 2556 • H II 723 • h 980 • LDCE 0841 NED002 | |
NGC 3891 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Ursa Major at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 281 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on February 3, 1788 .
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