NGC 3988
Galaxy NGC 3988 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | lion |
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 |
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 .