NGC 3871

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NGC 3871

Summary

NGC 3871 is a low-ionization nuclear emission-line region[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 3871 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel[3].
  • NGC 3871's image is recorded as NGC3871 - SDSS DR14.jpg[4].
  • NGC 3871's instance of is recorded as low-ionization nuclear emission-line region[5].
  • NGC 3871's instance of is recorded as spiral galaxy[6].
  • NGC 3871's constellation is recorded as Ursa Major[7].
  • NGC 3871's galaxy morphological type is recorded as Sb[8].
  • NGC 3871's galaxy morphological type is recorded as Sbc[9].
  • NGC 3871's part of is recorded as Q67623454[10].
  • NGC 3871's part of is recorded as Q67790536[11].
  • NGC 3871's Commons category is recorded as NGC 3871[12].
  • NGC 3871's catalog code is recorded as NGC 3871[13].
  • NGC 3871's catalog code is recorded as 2MASX J11461015+3306311[14].
  • NGC 3871's catalog code is recorded as UGC 6744[15].
  • NGC 3871's catalog code is recorded as MCG+06-26-031[16].
  • NGC 3871's catalog code is recorded as PGC 36702[17].
  • NGC 3871's catalog code is recorded as IC 2959[18].
  • NGC 3871's catalog code is recorded as SDSS J114610.14+330631.4[19].
  • NGC 3871's catalog code is recorded as UZC J114610.2+330632[20].
  • NGC 3871's catalog code is recorded as Z 1143.5+3323[21].
  • NGC 3871's catalog code is recorded as Z 186-41[22].
  • NGC 3871's catalog code is recorded as 2MFGC 9236[23].
  • NGC 3871's catalog code is recorded as LEDA 36702[24].
  • NGC 3871's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1831-04-03T00:00:00Z[25].
  • NGC 3871's redshift is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03222'}[26].
  • NGC 3871's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.7'}[27].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 3871 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 3871 has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Box/peanut and bar structures in edge-on and face-on nearby galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey - I. Catalogue. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . The ninth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: first spectroscopic data from the SDSS-III baryon oscillation spectroscopic survey. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). NGC 3871. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-3871
MLA “NGC 3871.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-3871.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ngc-3871_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{NGC 3871}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-3871}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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