An image of NGC 3794 taken with the Hubble Space Telescope.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation
Ursa Major
Right ascension
11h 40m 53.42s[1]
Declination
+56° 12′ 07.3″[1]
Redshift
0.00462[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity
1385 km/s[1]
Distance
68.5 Mly (20.99 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)
13.01[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)
13.89[3]
Characteristics
Type
SAB(s)d[1]
Other designations
NGC 3804, UGC 6640, MCG +09-19-153, PGC 36238[2]
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NGC 3794, also cataloged in the New General Catalogue as NGC 3804, is a low-surface-brightness galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. It is very far from Earth, with a distance of about 68,470,000 light-years (20,990,000 pc). It was discovered on April 14, 1789, by the astronomer William Herschel.[4]
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^ ab"Search specification: NGC 3794". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
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