NGC 3996
| Galaxy NGC 3996 |
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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 46.0 s |
| declination | + 14 ° 17 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 50 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023356 +/- 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 7002 +/- 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(310 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (95.0 ± 6.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 23, 1832 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3996 • UGC 6941 • PGC 37628 • CGCG 098-011 • MCG + 03-31-004 • 2MASX J11574605 + 1417507 • | |
NGC 3996 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 310 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on April 23, 1832 .