Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.01912
- Morphology
- SO
- Coordinates
- RA 175.4501° · Dec 20.1037°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Leo
- Right ascension
- 11 41 48.0
- Declination
- 20 ° 06 ′ 13 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 5766 km/s
- Distance
- 271 Mly (83.1 Mpc )
- Group or cluster
- Leo Cluster
- Type
- S0
- Size
- ~160,000 ly (48 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 1.9 x 1.1
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Leo
- Distance from Earth
- 84.62
- Image
- SDSS NGC 3816.jpg
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- catalog code
- LEDA 36292
- radial velocity
- 5548
- galaxy morphological type
- S0
- discoverer or inventor
- Heinrich Louis d'Arrest
- time of discovery or invention
- 1864-05-09
- apparent magnitude
- 9.598
- Commons category
- NGC 3816
- redshift
- 0.018826
- right ascension
- 175.4501792
- declination
- 20.1035528
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 3816 is a lenticular galaxy located about 270 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on May 9, 1864. NGC 3816 is a member of the Leo Cluster.
See also
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3816” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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