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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiP
Redshift
z = 0.023716407168588614
Morphology
SO-a
Coordinates
RA 176.4560° · Dec 19.7674°
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Key facts

Constellation
Leo
Right ascension
11 45 49.4
Declination
19 ° 46 ′ 03 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
6958 km/s
Distance
324 Mly (99.3 Mpc )
Group or cluster
Leo Cluster
Type
S0/a
Size
~98,000 ly (30 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
1.0 x 0.3

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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
103.19
Image
SDSS NGC 3875 and NGC 3873.jpeg
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catalog code
LEDA 36675
discoverer or inventor
William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1785-04-27
apparent magnitude
10.242
redshift
0.023209
Commons category
NGC 3875
right ascension
176.4560542
declination
19.7674556
radial velocity
7088
epoch
J2000.0
galaxy morphological type
S0a
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3875 is a lenticular galaxy located about 325 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 27, 1785 and is a member of the Leo Cluster.

See also

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3875” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.