Astronomy:NGC 3794
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation of Ursa Major
| NGC 3794 | |
|---|---|
 An image of NGC 3794 taken with the Hubble Space Telescope. | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
| Right ascension | 11h 40m 53.42s[1] |
| Declination | +56° 12′ 07.3″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.00462[1] |
| Helio radial velocity | 1385 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 68.5 Mly (20.99 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.01[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.89[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SAB(s)d[1] |
| Other designations | |
| NGC 3804, UGC 6640, MCG+09-19-153, PGC 36238[2] | |
NGC 3794, also cataloged in the New General Catalogue as NGC 3804, is a low-surface-brightness galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. It is very far from Earth, with a distance of about 68,470,000 light-years (20,990,000 pc). It was discovered on April 14, 1789, by the astronomer William Herschel.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Results for object NGC 3794 (NGC 3794)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%203794&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "NGC 3794". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+3794.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Search specification: NGC 3794". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%203794. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
- ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 3750 - 3799". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc37a.htm#3794. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
External links
Coordinates: 
11h 40m 53.42s, +56° 12′ 07.3″
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