NGC 3915
| Galaxy NGC 3915 / IC 2963 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 49 m 24.5 s |
| declination | -05 ° 07 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 99 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 257 |
| Redshift | 0.005573 +/- 0.000022 |
| Radial velocity | 1671 +/- 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(69 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (21.1 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 24, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3915 • IC 2963 • PGC 36933 • IRAS 11468-0450 • 2MASX J11492457-0507062 • GC 2577 • H III 113 • HIPASS J1149-05 | |
NGC 3915 = IC 2963 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 69 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 30,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 738 and IC 741 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 24, 1784 .