NGC 3914
| Galaxy NGC 3914 |
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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 50 m 32.6 s |
| declination | + 06 ° 34 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (rs) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 '× 0.6' |
| Position angle | 40 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020387 +/- 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 6112 +/- 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(269 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (82.5 ± 5.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 13, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3914 • UGC 6809 • PGC 37014 • CGCG 040-050 • MCG + 01-30-017 • IRAS 11479 + 0650 • 2MASX J11503264 + 0634030 • GC 2580 • H III 90 • h 995 • | |
NGC 3914 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Virgo. It is estimated to be 269 million light years from the Milky Way . The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 13, 1784 .