NGC 3895
| Galaxy NGC 3895 |
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| Galaxy NGC 3895 imaged using the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 49 m 04.026 s |
| declination | + 59 ° 25 ′ 57.63 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) a: / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 '× 0.8' |
| Position angle | 116 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 3963 group LGG 251 |
| Redshift | 0.010537 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | (3159 ± 27) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(145 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (44.5 ± 3.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 18, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3895 • UGC 6785 • PGC 36907 • CGCG 292-035 • MCG + 10-17-080 • 2MASX J11490400 + 5925580 • GC 2561 • H II 832 • h 984 • 2MASS J11490406 + 5925577 • LDCE 837 NED009 • WISEA J114904.05 +592557.7 • HOLM 294B • KPG 303B | |
NGC 3895 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa with an active galaxy core in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 145 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years across. Together with NGC 3894 , it forms the gravitationally bound galaxy pair Holm 294 or KPG 303 and together with PGC 36862 a galaxy trio . She is considered a member of the NGC 3963 group ( LGG 251 ).
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 18, 1790 .
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