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galaxy

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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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.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3816” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.