NGC 3238 (also MCG 10-15-80, UGC 5649 and PGC 30686) is a magnitude +12.9 face-on spiral galaxy located 339 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Wi...
NGC 3346 (also IRAS 10410+1507, MCG 3-28-1, UGC 5842 and PGC 31982) is a magnitude +13.5 face-on barred spiral galaxy located 57 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum r...
NGC 3408 (also IRAS 10490+5842, MCG 10-16-16, UGC 5977 and PGC 32616) is a magnitude +13.5 face-on spiral galaxy located 437 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 specul...
Astronomers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Make the Most Precise Measurement Yet of the Expanding Universe Astronomers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey have used 140,000 distant quasars to measure the expansion rate of the Universe when it was only one-quarter of its present age. This is the be...
NGC 3440 (also IRAS 10508+5722, MCG 10-16-19, UGC 6009 and PGC 32714) is a magnitude +13.2 spiral galaxy located 87 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflec...
NGC 3445 (also Arp 24, IRAS 10515+5715, MCG 10-16-23, UGC 6021 and PGC 32772) is a magnitude +12.6 spiral galaxy located 95 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy is gravitationally interacting with the neighbouring galaxy PGC 32784: these two galaxies are listed a...
NGC 3517 (also NGC 3517-1, IRAS 11026+5647, MCG 10-16-55, UGC 6144 and PGC 33526) is a magnitude +13.0 spiral galaxy located 377 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 spe...
NGC 3530 (also MCG 10-16-64, UGC 6188 and PGC 33766) is a magnitude +13.8 lenticular galaxy located 90 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windso...
NGC 3610 (also MCG 10-16-109, UGC 34583 and PGC 34566) is a magnitude +10.8 lenticular galaxy located 78 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Wind...
NGC 3613 (also MCG 10-16-109, UGC 6323 and PGC 34583) is a magnitude +10.9 elliptical galaxy located 94 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Winds...
NGC 3616 (also MCG 10-16-120, UGC 6348 and PGC 34718) is a magnitude +12.3 optical double star located in the constellation Leo. The star was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datchet, Berkshire, on the 8th April 1784...
NGC 3625 (also MCG 10-16-120, UGC 6348 and PGC 34718) is a magnitude +13.1 spiral galaxy located 89 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Ro...
NGC 3800 (also Arp 83, IRAS 11376+1537, MCG 3-30-39, UGC 6634 and PGC 36197) is a magnitude +12.7 spiral galaxy located 152 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflec...
NGC 4037 (also IRAS 11588+1340, MCG 2-31-15, UGC 7002 and PGC 37928) is a magnitude +11.9 face-on barred spiral galaxy located 43 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/...
NGC 4165 (also IC 3035, MCG 2-31-45, UGC 7201 and PGC 38885) is a magnitude +13.5 barred spiral galaxy located 85 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 Merz-Refractor at the Copenhag...