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galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Ursa Major
Right ascension
11 52 55.4
Declination
+36 ° 59 ′ 11 ″
Redshift
930 ± 5 km / s
Distance
39 ± 11 Mly (12.1 ± 3.5 Mpc )
Type
SB(s)0^0^
Apparent size v
3.5 ′ × 2.3 ′
Notable features
Seyfert galaxy

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3941 is a barred lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major. It is located at a distance of circa 40 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 3941 is about 40,000 light years across. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1787.

Characteristics

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3941” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.