NGC 3943
| Galaxy NGC 3943 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 52 m 56.6 s |
| declination | + 20 ° 28 ′ 45 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021808 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 6538 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(290 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (89.0 ± 6.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | April 27, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3943 • PGC 37237 • CGCG 127-090 • MCG + 04-28-084 • 2MASX J11525659 + 2028445 • LDCE 0836 NED056 | |
NGC 3943 is a galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Leo , the estimated 290 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center.
The galaxy was discovered on April 27, 1865 by the astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest .