Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.02338
- Morphology
- Sb
- Coordinates
- RA 176.6966° · Dec 20.6754°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Leo
- Right ascension
- 11 46 47.2
- Declination
- 20 ° 40 ′ 32 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 7025 km/s
- Distance
- 330 Mly (100 Mpc )
- Group or cluster
- Leo Cluster
- Type
- SA(rs)b
- Size
- ~349,500 ly (107.15 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 3.0 x 2.4
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Leo
- Distance from Earth
- 102.32
- Image
- SDSS NGC 3883.jpg
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- galaxy morphological type
- Sb
- catalog code
- [SKM2012] A1367 297
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1785-04-13
- apparent magnitude
- 12.519
- Commons category
- NGC 3883
- redshift
- 0.023460
- right ascension
- 176.6966417
- declination
- 20.6753611
- radial velocity
- 6951
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 3883 is a large low surface brightness spiral galaxy located about 330 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. NGC 3883 has a prominent bulge but does not host an AGN. The galaxy also has flocculent spiral arms in its disk. It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 13, 1785 and is a member of the Leo Cluster.
Star formation
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3883” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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