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Vinony's link graph records 453 inbound references to NGC 3816, and connects out to NGC 3576, epoch and NGC 3977.

It is catalogued under topics including Astronomical objects discovered in 1864, Lenticular galaxies and Leo Cluster.

Vinony links it to 29 Wikipedia language editions.

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiG
Redshift
z = 0.01912
Morphology
SO
Coordinates
RA 175.4501° · Dec 20.1037°
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Key facts

Constellation
Leo
Right ascension
11 41 48.0
Declination
20 ° 06 ′ 13 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
5766 km/s
Distance
271 Mly (83.1 Mpc )
Group or cluster
Leo Cluster
Type
S0
Size
~160,000 ly (48 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
1.9 x 1.1

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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
84.62
Image
SDSS NGC 3816.jpg
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catalog code
LEDA 36292
radial velocity
5548
galaxy morphological type
S0
discoverer or inventor
Heinrich Louis d'Arrest
time of discovery or invention
1864-05-09
apparent magnitude
9.598
Commons category
NGC 3816
redshift
0.018826
right ascension
175.4501792
declination
20.1035528
epoch
J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3816 is a lenticular galaxy located about 270 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on May 9, 1864. NGC 3816 is a member of the Leo Cluster.

See also

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3816” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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