NGC 3955
| Galaxy NGC 3955 |
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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 53 m 57.1 s |
| declination | -23 ° 09 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.1 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 165 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004973 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | (1491 ± 9) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(68 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (20.8 ± 1.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 21, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3955 • PGC 37320 • ESO 504-026 • MCG -04-28-005 • IRAS 11514-2253 • GC 2609 • H II 623 • | |
NGC 3955 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Becher south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 68 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on December 21, 1786 .