NGC 3983
| Galaxy NGC 3983 |
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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 56 m 23.7 s |
| declination | + 23 ° 52 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 114 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014220 ± 0.000157 |
| Radial velocity | 4263 ± 47 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(189 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (58.0 ± 4.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 10, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3983 • UGC 6914 • PGC 37514 • CGCG 127-108 • MCG + 04-28-098 • IRAS F11538 + 2408 • 2MASX J11562369 + 2352049 • GC 2629 • H III 343 • h 1024 • GALEX ASC J115623.75 + 235203.5 • LDCE 854 NED001 | |
NGC 3983 is a lenticular galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 189 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 60,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3951 , NGC 4002 , NGC 4003 , IC 744 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 10, 1785 .
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