NGC 3942
| Galaxy NGC 3942 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cups |
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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 |
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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 .