NGC 3920
| Galaxy NGC 3920 |
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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 05.9 s |
| declination | + 24 ° 55 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 110 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012125 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | (3635 ± 3) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(161 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (49.4 ± 3.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 10, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3920 • UGC 6803 • PGC 36981 • CGCG 127-064 • MCG + 04-28-059 • IRAS 11475 + 2511 • 2MASX J11500592 + 2455123 • VV 367 • H III 341 • LDCE 0844 NED002 | |
NGC 3920 is a barred spiral galaxy of Hubble type SBBC in the constellation Leo , the estimated 161 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center.
The galaxy was discovered on April 10, 1785 by the astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .