NGC 3845 is a barred lenticular galaxy located about 270 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. NGC 3845 was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on March 17, 1831. It is a member of the Leo Cluster and is likely to be a low-luminosity AGN (LLAGN).
Galaxy in the constellation Leo
NGC 3845
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- Constellation
- Leo
- Right ascension
- 11h 44m 05.4s
- Declination
- 19° 59′ 46″
- Redshift
- 0.018986
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 5692 km/s
- Distance
- 268 Mly (82.1 Mpc)
- Group or cluster
- Leo Cluster
- Apparent magnitude (V)
- 15.01
- Type
- SB0
- Size
- ~78,900 ly (24.20 kpc) (estimated)
- Apparent size (V)
- 0.8 x 0.3
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