NGC 3851

NGC 3851 is an elliptical or lenticular galaxy located about 300 million light-years away^[2] in the constellation Leo.^[3] It was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on February 24, 1827^[4] and is a member of the Leo Cluster.^[5][6]

NGC 3851
SDSS image of NGC 3851
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Leo
Right ascension	11h 44m 20.4s[1]
Declination	19° 58′ 51″[1]
Redshift	0.021365[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	6405 km/s[1]
Distance	300 Mly (92 Mpc)[1]
Group or cluster	Leo Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)	15.1[1]
Characteristics
Type	E/S0[1]
Size	~78,000 ly (24 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	0.25 × 0.2[1]
Other designations
ARAK 316, CGCG 97-106, MCG 3-30-77, PGC 36516[1]

See also

• List of NGC objects (3001–4000)

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3851. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
2. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
3. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 3851". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
4. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3850 - 3899". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
5. "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
6. "Hierarchy catalogue". leda.univ-lyon1.fr. Retrieved 2018-07-17.

External links

• Media related to NGC 3851 at Wikimedia Commons
• NGC 3851 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images