NGC 3897
| Galaxy NGC 3897 |
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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 59.4 s |
| declination | + 35 ° 00 ′ 58 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 'x 1.9' |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021385 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 6411 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(287 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (87.9 ± 6.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 28, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3897 • UGC 6774 • PGC 36902 • CGCG 186-054 • MCG + 06-26-041 • 2MASX J11485947 + 3500579 • GC 2563 • H II 408 • h 9826 • | |
NGC 3897 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is an estimated 287 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 28, 1785 .
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