NGC 3904
| Galaxy NGC 3904 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 49 m 13.2 s |
| declination | -29 ° 16 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E2-3: |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.7 '× 2.0' |
| Position angle | 8 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 255 |
| Redshift | 0.005257 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 1576 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(62 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (19.1 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 7, 1791 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3904 • PGC 36918 • ESO 440- G 013 • MCG -05-28-009 • 2MASX J11491320-2916360 • GC 2570 • H II 864 • h 3363 • LDCE 0860 NED004 | |
NGC 3904 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E2 in the constellation water line at the southern sky . It is an estimated 62 million light years from the Milky Way . It is a member of the five galaxies numbering NGC 3923 group ( LGG 255 ).
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 7, 1791 .