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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiG
Redshift
z = 0.02268
Morphology
SO-a
Coordinates
RA 176.0033° · Dec 20.0293°
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Key facts

Constellation
Leo
Right ascension
11 44 00.8
Declination
20 ° 01 ′ 46 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
6779 km/s
Distance
320 Mly (97 Mpc )
Group or cluster
Leo Cluster
Type
S0/a
Size
~136,000 ly (41.6 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
1.2 x 0.2

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3844 is a lenticular galaxy located about 320 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on May 8, 1864. NGC 3844 is a member of the Leo Cluster and is likely to be a low-luminosity AGN (LLAGN).

See also

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3844” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.