NGC 3942
Galaxy NGC 3942 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | cups |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 11 h 51 m 30.1 s |
declination | -11 ° 25 ′ 29 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SAB (rs) c pec |
Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.5 'x 0.9' |
Position angle | 127 ° |
Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.012342 +/- 0.000013 |
Radial velocity | 3700 +/- 4 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(159 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (48.7 ± 3.4) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
Discovery date | 1886 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3942 • UGC 6803 • PGC 37099 • MCG -02-30-035 • IRAS 11489-1108 • 2MASX J11513013-1125290 • LDCE 0824 NED018 |
NGC 3942 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Becher. It is an estimated 159 million light years from the Milky Way . The property was discovered by Francis Leavenworth in 1886 .