NGC 3898

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NGC 3898
′[5]
Other designations
IRAS 11465+5621, NGC 3898, UGC 6787, LEDA 36921, MCG +09-19-204[8]

NGC 3898 is a

′.[5] It is located at a distance of 72 ± 6 million light-years (22.08 ± 1.79 Mpc)[4] from the Milky Way, and is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 1,142.7±13.9 km/s.[3]

The

plane of the sky,[4] with the major axis oriented along a position angle of 107°. The nucleus is intermediate between an H II region and a LINER.[11]

There is a small, irregular galaxy, UGC 6816, located at an

angular separation of 26′ from NGC 3898.[10]

Gallery

References

  1. ^
    S2CID 18913331
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  2. doi:10.1093/mnras/stx2798
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  3. ^
    S2CID 117876537
    . 10.
  4. ^
    ISSN 1538-4357
    .
  5. ^
    ISBN 9780521858939
    .
  6. ^
    Bibcode:1978A&A....65..165B
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  7. ^ "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  8. ^ "NGC 3898". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  9. ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3850 - 3899". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  10. ^
    Bibcode:1994A&A...286..395V
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  11. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04207.x
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