NGC 3896
| Galaxy NGC 3896 |
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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 38.2 s |
| declination | + 48 ° 42 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0 / a: pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 '× 1.0' |
| Position angle | 126 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 258 |
| Redshift | 0.003069 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (920 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(43 ± 3) · 10 6 ly (13.3 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 9, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3896 • UGC 6781 • PGC 36897 • CGCG 243-009 • MCG + 08-22-008 • 2MASX J11485638 + 4840287 • GC 2562 • H II 739 • KPG 302B, HOLM 293B | |
NGC 3896 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0-a in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is an estimated 43 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 9, 1788 .
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