NGC 3964

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Galaxy
NGC 3964
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation lion
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 54 m 53.5 s
declination + 28 ° 15 ′ 45 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 14.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.1 mag
Angular expansion 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′
Position angle 76 °
Surface brightness 13.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.028586 ± 0.000103  
Radial velocity 8570 ± 31 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(382 ± 27)  x  10 6  ly
(117.2 ± 8.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date March 30, 1827
Catalog names
NGC  3964 • PGC  37375 • CGCG  157-050 • MCG  + 05-28-043 • 2MASX  J11545343 + 2815444 • GC  2617 •

NGC 3964 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 382 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 30, 1827 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 3964  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3964
  3. Seligman