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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiG
Redshift
z = 0.02338
Morphology
Sb
Coordinates
RA 176.6966° · Dec 20.6754°
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Key facts

Constellation
Leo
Right ascension
11 46 47.2
Declination
20 ° 40 ′ 32 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
7025 km/s
Distance
330 Mly (100 Mpc )
Group or cluster
Leo Cluster
Type
SA(rs)b
Size
~349,500 ly (107.15 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
3.0 x 2.4

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3883 is a large low surface brightness spiral galaxy located about 330 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. NGC 3883 has a prominent bulge but does not host an AGN. The galaxy also has flocculent spiral arms in its disk. It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 13, 1785 and is a member of the Leo Cluster.

Star formation

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3883” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.