NGC 3916
| Galaxy NGC 3916 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 50 m 51.0 s |
| declination | + 55 ° 08 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAb: / sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 45 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1377 |
| Redshift | 0.019127 ± 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | (5734 ± 25) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(260 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (79.6 ± 5.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 14, 1789 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3916 • UGC 6819 • PGC 37047 • CGCG 268-094 • MCG + 09-20-005 • IRAS 11481 + 5525 • 2MASX J11505098 + 5508372 • GC 2578 • H II 787 • h 993 • LDCE 0846 NED001 | |
NGC 3916 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Ursa Major at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 260 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 115,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3913 and NGC 3921 , among others .
The supernova SN 1974D was observed here.
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 14, 1789 .