NGC 3867

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NGC 3867
SDSS NGC 3867.jpeg
SDSS image of NGC 3867.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Leo
Right ascension 11h 45m 29.6s [1]
Declination 19° 24′ 01″ [1]
Redshift 0.025084 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 7520 km/s [1]
Distance 350  Mly (107  Mpc) [1]
Group or cluster Leo Cluster
Apparent magnitude  (V)14.20 [1]
Characteristics
Type Sab [2]
Size~170,000  ly (51  kpc) (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)1.5 x 0.6 [1]
Other designations
UGC 6731, MCG +03-30-103, PGC 36649, CGCG 097-134 [1]

NGC 3867 is a spiral galaxy [3] located about 350 million light-years away [4] in the constellation Leo. [5] It was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan [6] on 23 March 1884, [7] and is a member of the Leo Cluster. [8] [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3867. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
  2. ↑ "HyperLeda Database". Results for NGC 3867. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
  3. ↑ "HyperLeda -object description". leda.univ-lyon1.fr. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  4. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  5. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 3867". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  6. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3850 - 3899". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  7. ↑ Steinicke, Wolfgang (2010-08-19). Observing and Cataloguing Nebulae and Star Clusters: From Herschel to Dreyer's New General Catalogue. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-1-139-49010-8.
  8. ↑ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  9. ↑ "NGC 3867" . Retrieved 2018-07-31.
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