NGC 3867 explained

NGC 3867
Epoch:J2000
Type:Sab[1]
Dist Ly:107Mpc[2]
H Radial V:7520 km/s
Z:0.025084
Appmag V:14.20
Size V:1.5 x 0.6
Constellation Name:Leo
Size:~51kpc (estimated)

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: HyperLeda Database . Results for NGC 3867 . 2018-07-30.
  2. Web site: NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database . Results for NGC 3867 . 2018-07-30.
  3. Web site: HyperLeda -object description. leda.univ-lyon1.fr. 2018-07-31.
  4. Web site: Your NED Search Results . ned.ipac.caltech.edu . 2018-07-31.
  5. Web site: Revised NGC Data for NGC 3867 . spider.seds.org . 2018-07-31.
  6. Web site: New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3850 - 3899 . cseligman.com . en-US . 2018-07-17.
  7. Book: Steinicke, Wolfgang . Observing and Cataloguing Nebulae and Star Clusters: From Herschel to Dreyer's New General Catalogue . 2010-08-19. Cambridge University Press. 978-1-139-49010-8. en.
  8. Web site: Detailed Object Classifications . ned.ipac.caltech.edu . 2018-07-31.
  9. News: NGC 3867 . 2018-07-31.