NGC 3929
| Galaxy NGC 3929 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 51 m 42.5 s |
| declination | + 21 ° 00 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E / S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 80 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023560 ± 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | 7063 ± 24 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(314 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (96.2 ± 6.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich Louis d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | December 4, 1861 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3929 • UGC 6832 • PGC 37126 • CGCG 127-080 • MCG + 04-28-076 • 2MASX J11514255 + 2100094 • GALEX ASC J115142.54 + 210010.3 | |
NGC 3929 is an elliptical galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type E in the constellation Leo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 314 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 55,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3940 , NGC 3946 , IC 742 , IC 2968 .
The object was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on December 4, 1861 .
Web links
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