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galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Leo
Right ascension
11 43 56.4
Declination
19 ° 53 ′ 40 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
6130 km/s
Distance
287 Mly (88.1 Mpc )
Group or cluster
Leo Cluster
Type
E
Size
~129,000 ly (39.4 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
0.6 x 0.6

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3837 is an elliptical galaxy located about 290 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 26, 1785. NGC 3837 is a member of the Leo Cluster.

See also

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3837” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.