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galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Leo
Right ascension
11 44 52.2
Declination
19 ° 27 ′ 15 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
5468 km/s
Distance
295 Mly (90.4 Mpc )
Group or cluster
Leo Cluster
Type
S? pec
Size
~135,000 ly (41.5 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
1.2 x 0.3

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3859 is a spiral galaxy located about 295 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by astronomer Édouard Stephan on March 23, 1884. The galaxy is a member of the Leo Cluster.

Physical characteristics

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3859” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.