NGC 3906
| Galaxy NGC 3906 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 49 m 40.50 s |
| declination | + 48 ° 25 ′ 33.5 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) d |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | UMa cluster NGC 4051 group LGG 269 |
| Redshift | 0.003200 ± 0.000002 |
| Radial velocity | 959 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(45 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (13.9 ± 1.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 9, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3906 • UGC 6797 • PGC 36953 • CGCG 243-011 • MCG + 08-22-12 • IRAS 11469 + 4842 • 2MASX J11494049 + 4825334 • GC 2571 • H III 715 • | |
NGC 3906 is a bar-spiral galaxy in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is an estimated 45 million light years from the Milky Way and about 25,000 light years in diameter. The galaxy is part of the Ursa Major Galaxy Cluster and a member of the NGC 4051 group ( LGG 269 ).
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3893 , NGC 3896 , NGC 3928 .
The object was discovered on March 9, 1788 by the astronomer William Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflecting telescope.
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