NGC 3969
| Galaxy NGC 3969 |
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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 09.2 s |
| declination | -18 ° 55 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (r) 0 ^ 0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 64 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023119 ± 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | (6931 ± 17) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(302 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (92.7 ± 6.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3969 • PGC 37396 • ESO 572-017 • MCG -03-30-020 • 2MASX J11550923-1855386 • SGC 115236-1838.9 • | |
NGC 3969 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Becher south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 302 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 125,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3472 , NGC 3957 , NGC 3981 .
The property was discovered by Ormond Stone in 1886 .
Web links
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