Astronomy:NGC 3900

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NGC 3900
SDSS image of NGC 3900
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationLeo[1]
Right ascension 11h 49m 09.45631s[2]
Declination+27° 01′ 19.2764″[2]
Redshift0.006012[3]
Helio radial velocity1,797 km/s[3]
Distance84 Mly (25.9 Mpc)[4]
Apparent magnitude (V)11.44[5]
Apparent magnitude (B)12.29[5]
Characteristics
TypeSA(r)0+[4]
Apparent size (V)3.2′ × 1.7′[1]
Other designations
NGC 3900, UGC 6786, MCG+05-28-034, PGC 36914[3]

NGC 3900 is a lenticular galaxy located in the Leo constellation.[6] It was discovered by William Herschel in 1785. It is estimated to be about 95 to 100 million light-years away from Earth.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Finlay, Warren H. (2014). Concise Catalogue of Deep-Sky Objects. The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series (2nd ed.). Springer Cham. p. 268. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-03170-5. ISBN 978-3-319-03169-9. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G.  Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "NGC 3900". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+3900. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Noordermeer, E.; Van Der Hulst, J. M. (2007). "The stellar mass distribution in early-type disc galaxies: Surface photometry and bulge–disc decompositions". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 376 (4): 1480–1512. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11532.x. Bibcode: 2007MNRAS.376.1480N. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Search specification: NGC 3900". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%203900. Retrieved 2022-03-29. 
  6. ↑ "NGC 3900 - Lenticular Galaxy in Leo | TheSkyLive.com". https://theskylive.com/sky/deepsky/ngc3900-object. 
  7. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: 3900 - 3949". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc39.htm#3900. 
  8. ↑ Concise Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects: Astrophysical Information for 550 Galaxies, Clusters and Nebulae. Springer. 4 June 2014. p. 269. ISBN 9783319031705. https://books.google.com/books?id=eJDIAwAAQBAJ&dq=NGC+3900&pg=PA269. 

Coordinates: Sky map 11h 49m 09.45631s, +27° 01′ 19.2764″




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