NGC 3911
| Galaxy NGC 3911 |
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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 22.1 s |
| declination | + 24 ° 56 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019867 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 5956 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(265 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (81.2 ± 5.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 28, 1832 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3911 • UGC 6795 • PGC 36926 • CGCG 127-061 • MCG + 04-28-056 • KUG 1146 + 252 • 2MASX J11492209 + 2456185 • LDCE 0843 NED001 | |
NGC 3911 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type SBBC in the constellation Leo , the estimated 265 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center.
The galaxy was discovered on March 28, 1832 by the astronomer John Herschel .