NGC 3893
Galaxy NGC 3893 |
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Constellation | Big Bear |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 11 h 48 m 38.2 s |
declination | + 48 ° 42 ′ 39 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SAB (rs) c: / HII |
Brightness (visual) | 10.2 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 10.9 likes |
Angular expansion | 4.5 'x 2.8' |
Position angle | 165 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | LGG 258 |
Redshift | 0.003226 ± 0.000003 |
Radial velocity | (967 ± 1) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(46 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (14.0 ± 1.0) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | William Herschel |
Discovery date | March 9, 1788 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3893 • UGC 6778 • PGC 36875 • CGCG 243-008 • MCG + 08-22-007 • IRAS 11460 + 4859 • 2MASX J11483820 + 4842388 • GC 2559 • H II 738 • h 982 • LDCE 0867 NED038, KPG 302A, HOLM 293A |
NGC 3893 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 46 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 9, 1788 .
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