NGC 3933

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Galaxy
NGC 3933
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation lion
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 52 m 02.0 s
declination + 16 ° 48 ′ 35 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S?  
Brightness  (visual) 13.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.3 mag
Angular expansion 1.1 ′ × 0.6 ′
Position angle 83 °
Surface brightness 12.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.012469 ± 0.000033  
Radial velocity 3738 ± 10 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(164 ± 11)  ·  10 6  ly
(50.4 ± 3.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery Alphonse Borrelly
Discovery date 1871
Catalog names
NGC  3933 • UGC  6839 • PGC  37156 • CGCG  097-170 • MCG  + 03-30-122 • 2MASX  J11520204 + 1648350 •

NGC 3933 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S? in the constellation Leo , which is an estimated 164 million light years from the Milky Way .

The galaxy was discovered by the astronomer Alphonse Borrelly in 1871 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3933
  3. Seligman