NGC 3968
| Galaxy NGC 3968 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 55 m 28.7 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 58 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.7 ′ × 1.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021308 ± 0.000004 |
| Radial velocity | 6388 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(282 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (86.5 ± 6.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 17, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3968 • UGC 6895 • PGC 37429 • CGCG 068-092 / 069-004 • MCG + 02-30-045 • IRAS 1529 + 1214 • 2MASX J11552868 + 1158059 • GC 2621 • H II 162 • h 1018 • | |
NGC 3968 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 282 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 17, 1784 .
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