NGC 3970
| Galaxy NGC 3970 |
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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 28.1 s |
| declination | -12 ° 03 ′ 41 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (r) 0 ^ 0 ^: sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 '× 0.5' |
| Position angle | 98 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019133 ± 0.000107 |
| Radial velocity | (5736 ± 32) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(250 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (76.6 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 9, 1828 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3970 • PGC 37425 • MCG -02-30-041 • 2MASX J11552806-1203405 • | |
NGC 3970 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Becher. It is an estimated 250 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on March 9, 1828 by John Herschel .