NGC 3959
| Galaxy NGC 3959 |
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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 54 m 37.65 s |
| declination | -07 ° 45 ′ 23.4 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (r) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 35 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019073 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 5718 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(250 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (76.5 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ernst W. Tempel |
| Discovery date | May 19, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3959 • PGC 37363 • MCG -01-30-046 • 2MASX J11543763-0745233 • GALEX ASC J115437.64-074521.8 * LDCE 850 NED001 | |
NGC 3959 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Becher south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 250 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3967 and IC 747 .
The object was discovered on May 19, 1881 by Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel .