NGC 3973
| Galaxy NGC 3973 |
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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 37.0 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 59 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 12 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020618 ± 0.000156 |
| Radial velocity | 6181 ± 47 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(273 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (83.7 ± 5.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | RJ Mitchell |
| Discovery date | March 15, 1855 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3973 • PGC 37439 • CGCG 068-093 / 069-005 • MCG + 02-31-001 • 2MASX J11553699 + 1159504 • GC 2622 • | |
NGC 3973 is a Galaxy from the Hubble type S in Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 273 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by RJ Mitchell on March 15, 1855 .
Web links
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