NGC 3919
| Galaxy NGC 3919 |
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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 50 m 41.5 s |
| declination | + 20 ° 00 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020664 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 6195 ± 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(275 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (84.2 ± 5.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | April 6, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3919 • UGC 6810 • PGC 37032 • CGCG 097-161 • MCG + 03-30-119 • 2MASX J11504150 + 2000544 • LDCE 0836 NED050 | |
NGC 3919 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Leo , the estimated 275 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center.
The galaxy was discovered on April 6, 1864 by the astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest .