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]
NGC 3794 | |
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![]() 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] |
Helio 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] |
New General Catalogue 3500 to 3999 | |
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