NGC 3979
| Galaxy NGC 3979 / IC 2976 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 56 m 01.0 s |
| declination | -02 ° 43 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 112 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019887 +/- 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 5962 +/- 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(261 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (80.1 ± 5.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edward Singleton Holden |
| Discovery date | April 23, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3979 • IC 2976 • UGC 6907 • PGC 37488 • CGCG 013-005 NED02 • MCG + 00-31-003 • 2MASX J11560108-0243151 • LDCE 857 NED001 | |
NGC 3979 = IC 2976 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 261 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 85,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 4006 .
The object was discovered on April 23, 1881 by Edward Singleton Holden .