Q644395

Also known as New General Catalogue 3949

spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: GiC
Redshift: z = 0.0026821165461219376
Morphology: SA
Coordinates: RA 178.4239° · Dec 47.8587°

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Key facts

Constellation: Ursa Major
Right ascension: 11 53 41.7948
Declination: +47 ° 51 ′ 31.387 ″
Redshift: 800 ± 1 km/ s
Distance: 48.6 ± 3.5 Mly (14.89 ± 1.06 Mpc )
Type: SA(s)bc
Size: ~47,800 ly (14.66 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v: 2.9 ′ × 1.7 ′

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth: 19
Image: NGC 3949.jpg

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galaxy morphological type: SAbc
catalog code: 21P 165
Commons category: NGC 3949
time of discovery or invention: 1788-02-05
apparent magnitude: 10.697
right ascension: 178.42708
declination: 47.85889
redshift: 0.002665
radial velocity: 863
right ascension component of proper motion: -0.994
declination component of proper motion: -1.944

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Article

NGC 3949 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, approximately 50 million light-years away from the Earth. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 5 February 1788.

NGC 3949 is a member of the M109 Group, a group of galaxies located in the constellation Ursa Major that may contain over 50 galaxies. The brightest galaxy in the group is the spiral galaxy M109.