NGC 3988
| Galaxy NGC 3988 |
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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 57 m 48.2 s |
| declination | + 25 ° 16 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 42 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021802 +/- 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | 6536 +/- 23 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(291 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (89.3 ± 6.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 13, 1831 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3988 • PGC 37609 • CGCG 157-061 • MCG + 05-28-057 • 2MASX J11572422 + 2752386 • | |
NGC 3988 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 291 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on April 13, 1831 .