NGC 3908
| Galaxy NGC 3908 |
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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 52.7 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 11 ′ 09 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E / BrClG |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.084015 ± 0.000197 |
| Radial velocity | 25187 ± 59 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(1122 ± 79) · 10 6 ly (344.0 ± 24.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | April 10, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3908 • PGC 36967 • 2MASX J11495270 + 1211086 • | |
NGC 3908 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Leo , the estimated 1.1 billion light years from the Milky Way 's center.
The galaxy was discovered on April 10, 1885 by the astronomer Lewis Swift .