NGC 3903
| Galaxy NGC 3903 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 49 m 03.5 s |
| declination | -3731 ° 02 ′ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) c pec: HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 '× 1.0' |
| Position angle | 116 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 256 |
| Redshift | 0.009924 +/- 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 2975 +/- 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(124 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (38.1 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 21, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3903 • PGC 36906 • ESO 378- G024 • MCG -06-26-008 • IRAS 11465-3714 • 2MASX J11490354-3731014 • GC 2569 • LDCE 0916 NED009 | |
NGC 3903 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Centaur in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 124 million light years from the Milky Way . It is a member of the seven-galaxy ESO 320-26 group ( LGG 256 ).
The object was discovered by John Herschel on April 21, 1835 .