NGC 3962
Galaxy NGC 3962 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | cups |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 11 h 54 m 40.1 s |
declination | -13 ° 58 ′ 30 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | E1 |
Brightness (visual) | 10.7 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 11.7 mag |
Angular expansion | 2.6 ′ × 2.2 ′ |
Position angle | 10 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.006064 ± 0.000057 |
Radial velocity | (1818 ± 17) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(83 ± 7) x 10 6 ly (25.4 ± 2.0) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
Discovery date | February 8, 1785 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3962 • UGC A 253 • PGC 37366 • MCG -02-30-040 • GC 2616 • H I 67 • h 3370 • |
NGC 3962 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E1 in the constellation cup south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 83 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on February 8, 1785 .