NGC 3967
| Galaxy NGC 3967 |
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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 55 m 10.399 s |
| declination | -07 ° 50 ′ 37.57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') S0-: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 '× 0.7' |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018640 ± 0.000107 |
| Radial velocity | 5588 ± 32 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(244 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (74.7 ± 5.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ernst WL Temple |
| Discovery date | May 19, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3967 • PGC 37398 • MCG -01-30-047 • 2MASX J11551037-0750373 • GALEX ASC J115510.37-075037.1 • LDCE 850 NED002 • WISEA J115510.38-075037.2 | |
NGC 3967 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation cup south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 244 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3959 and IC 747 .
The object was discovered on May 19, 1881 by Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel .