NGC 3902
| Galaxy data from NGC 3902 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 49 m 18.7 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 07 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) bc: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 85 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 254 |
| Redshift | (12012 ± 30) · 10 −6 |
| Radial velocity | 3601 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(160 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (49.0 ± 3.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 6, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3902 • UGC 6790 • PGC 36923 • CGCG 127-060 • MCG + 04-28-55 • IRAS 11467 + 2623 • 2MASX J11491874 + 2607175 • GC 2568 • H III 321 • h 989 • | |
NGC 3902 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Leo , an estimated 160 million light years from the Milky Way .
The galaxy was discovered on April 6, 1785 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .