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Vinony's link graph records 548 inbound references to NGC 3978, and connects out to list of stars in Ursa Major, NGC 3576 and star.

Vinony files it under Astronomical objects discovered in 1790, Discoveries by William Herschel and Intermediate spiral galaxies.

Vinony links it to 27 Wikipedia language editions.

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
LIN
Distance
13,162 light-years
Redshift
z = 0.03318
Morphology
SA
Coordinates
RA 179.0430° · Dec 60.5225°
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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Ursa Major
Distance from Earth
137.40
Image
NGC3978 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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catalog code
LEDA 37502
discoverer or inventor
William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1790-03-19
apparent magnitude
12.251
galaxy morphological type
S
Commons category
NGC 3978
right ascension
179.0435792
declination
60.5250250
redshift
0.033283
radial velocity
9782
epoch
J2000.0

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