NGC 3900
SDSS image of NGC 3900
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationLeo
Right ascension11h 49m 09.45631s[1]
Declination+27° 01′ 19.2764″[1]
Redshift0.006012[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity1797 km/s[2]
Distance84 Mly (25.9 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)11.44[4]
Apparent magnitude (B)12.29[4]
Characteristics
TypeSA(r)0+[3]
Other designations
UGC 6786, MCG +05-28-034, PGC 36914[2]

NGC 3900 is a lenticular galaxy located in the Leo constellation.[5] It was discovered by William Herschel in 1785. It is estimated to be about 95 to 100 light-years away from Earth.[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. 1 2 3 "NGC 3900". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  3. 1 2 Noordermeer, E.; Van Der Hulst, J. M. (2007). "The stellar mass distribution in early-type disc galaxies: Surface photometry and bulge–disc decompositions". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 376 (4): 1480–1512. arXiv:astro-ph/0701730. Bibcode:2007MNRAS.376.1480N. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11532.x. S2CID 15434179.
  4. 1 2 "Search specification: NGC 3900". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  5. ↑ "NGC 3900 - Lenticular Galaxy in Leo | TheSkyLive.com". theskylive.com.
  6. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: 3900 - 3949". cseligman.com.
  7. ↑ Concise Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects: Astrophysical Information for 550 Galaxies, Clusters and Nebulae. Springer. 4 June 2014. p. 269. ISBN 9783319031705.
  • Media related to NGC 3900 at Wikimedia Commons


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