NGC 3936
| Galaxy NGC 3936 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 49 m 13.2 s |
| declination | -2916 ° 36 ′ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) bc: sp / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.9 'x 0.7' |
| Position angle | 63 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 253 |
| Redshift | 0.006715 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | (2013 ± 3) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(82 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (25.1 ± 1.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 24, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3936 • UGC A 248 • PGC 37178 • ESO 504-G020 • MCG -04-28-004 • 2MASX J11522059-2654211 • GC 2595 • h 3367 • LDCE 0860 NED006 | |
NGC 3936 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Water Snake in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 82 million light years from the Milky Way . It is the brightest member of the four-galaxy NGC 3936 group ( LGG 253 ).
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 24, 1835 .
NGC 3936 group ( LGG 253 )
| Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million ly |
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| NGC 3936 | PGC 37178 | 82 |
| NGC 3885 | PGC 36737 | 79 |
| PGC 36664 | ESO 440-04 | 74 |
| PGC 36882 | ESO 440-011 | 79 |