NGC 3867 is a spiral galaxy[3] located about 350 million light-years away[4] in the constellation Leo.[5] It was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan[6] on 23 March 1884, [7] and is a member of the Leo Cluster.[8][9]
| NGC 3867 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 3867. | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Leo |
| Right ascension | 11h 45m 29.6s[1] |
| Declination | 19° 24′ 01″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.025084[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 7520 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 350 Mly (107 Mpc)[1] |
| Group or cluster | Leo Cluster |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.20[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sab[2] |
| Size | ~170,000 ly (51 kpc) (estimated)[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.5 x 0.6[1] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 6731, MCG +03-30-103, PGC 36649, CGCG 097-134[1] | |
See also
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edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3867. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
- ^ "HyperLeda Database". Results for NGC 3867. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
- ^ "HyperLeda -object description". leda.univ-lyon1.fr. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
- ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 3867". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
- ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3850 - 3899". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- ^ Steinicke, Wolfgang (2010-08-19). Observing and Cataloguing Nebulae and Star Clusters: From Herschel to Dreyer's New General Catalogue. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49010-8.
- ^ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
- ^ "NGC 3867". Retrieved 2018-07-31.
External links
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Media related to NGC 3867 at Wikimedia Commons- NGC 3867 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
