NGC 3944
| Galaxy NGC 3944 |
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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 53 m 05.1 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 12 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 25 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 254 |
| Redshift | 0.012135 ± 0.000087 |
| Radial velocity | 3638 ± 26 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(161 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (49.5 ± 3.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 6, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3944 • UGC 6859 • PGC 37244 • CGCG 127-091 • MCG + 04-28-085 • 2MASX J11530509 + 2612255 • GC 2601 • H III 322 • h 1007 • GALEX ASC J115305.06 + 261226.1 • LDCE 844 NED003 | |
NGC 3944 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 161 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 70,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3899 , NGC 3902 , IC 746 .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on April 6, 1785 .
Web links
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