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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
LIN
Distance
18,110 light-years
Redshift
z = 0.01884
Morphology
SO-a
Coordinates
RA 176.0228° · Dec 19.9961°
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Key facts

Constellation
Leo
Right ascension
11 44 05.4
Declination
19 ° 59 ′ 46 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
5692 km/s
Distance
268 Mly (82.1 Mpc )
Group or cluster
Leo Cluster
Type
SB0
Size
~78,900 ly (24.20 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
0.8 x 0.3

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3845 is a barred lenticular galaxy located about 270 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. NGC 3845 was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on March 17, 1831. It is a member of the Leo Cluster and is likely to be a low-luminosity AGN (LLAGN).

See also

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3845” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.