NGC 3941
| Galaxy NGC 3941 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 52 m 55.3 s |
| declination | + 36 ° 59 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) 0 ^ 0 ^ / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.5 ′ × 2.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.003102 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (930 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(42 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (12.9 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 19, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3941 • UGC 6857 • PGC 37235 • CGCG 186-062 • MCG + 06-26-051 • 2MASX J11525536 + 3659109 • GC 2600 • H I 173 • h 1005 • GALEX ASC J115255.39 + 365910.5 • LDCE 867 NED045 | |
NGC 3941 is a lenticular galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is an estimated 42 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 45,000 ly. In the center of the galaxy is a supermassive black hole with 141 million solar masses .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on March 19, 1787 .
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