NGC 3950
| Galaxy NGC 3950 |
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| SDSS image of NGC 3950 ( see above) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 53 m 41.4 s |
| declination | + 47 ° 53 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 / dwarf |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.074602 +/- 0.000187 |
| Radial velocity | 22365 +/- 56 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(1002 ± 70) · 10 6 Lj (307.1 ± 21.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lawrence Parsons |
| Discovery date | April 27, 1875 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3950 • PGC 37294 • MCG + 08-22-030 • 2MASX J11534137 + 4753052 • | |
NGC 3950 is an elliptical dwarf galaxy from the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Ursa Major . It is an estimated 1.0 billion light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Lawrence Parsons on April 27, 1875 .