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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
G
Distance
9,638 light-years
Redshift
z = 0.0028895040228358315
Morphology
SAB
Coordinates
RA 173.3381° · Dec 47.0292°
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Key facts

Constellation
Ursa Major
Right ascension
11 33 21.1
Declination
47 ° 01 ′ 45 ″
Redshift
866 ± 1 km / s
Distance
46.6 ± 11.2 Mly (14.3 ± 3.4 Mpc )
Type
SAB(r)c
Apparent size v
6.2 ′ × 4.3 ′

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3726 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major. It is located at a distance of circa 45 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 3726 is about 85,000 light years across. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on February 5, 1788.

Structure

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3726” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.