NGC 3925
| Galaxy NGC 3925 |
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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 51 m 20.9 s |
| declination | + 21 ° 53 ′ 21 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 3 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026482 +/- 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | +7939 ± 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(353 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (108.2 ± 7.6) Mpc |
| diameter | 70,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich Ludwig d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | February 19, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3925 • PGC 37078 • CGCG 127-075 • MCG + 04-28-071 • 2MASX J11512100 + 2153210 • GC 2588 • LDCE 843 NED003 | |
NGC 3925 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Leo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 353 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 70,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3910 , NGC 3926 , NGC 3929 , NGC 3940 , among others .
The object was discovered on February 19, 1863 by the German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Ludwig d'Arrest .