NGC 3962
| Galaxy NGC 3962 |
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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 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 |
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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 .