NGC 3907
| Galaxy NGC 3907 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 49 m 30.1 s |
| declination | -01 ° 05 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) 00-: AGN |
| 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 | |
| Redshift | 0.020127 +/- 0.000140 |
| Radial velocity | 6034 +/- 42 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(265 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (81.1 ± 5.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 15, 1828 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3907 • UGC 6796 • PGC 36941 • CGCG 012-094 • MCG + 00-30-028 • 2MASX J11493017-0105112 • GC 2572 • h 990 • HOLM 295A | |
NGC 3907 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation Virgo. It is estimated to be 265 million light years from the Milky Way . The object was discovered on April 15, 1828 by John Herschel .