IC 3862
| Galaxy IC 3862 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 53 m 53.4 s |
| declination | + 36 ° 05 ′ 13 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sd |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 157 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014000 |
| Radial velocity | 4197 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(189 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (58.0 ± 4.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 21, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3862 • UGC 8023 • PGC 43844 • MCG + 06-28-39 • Arp 265 • VV 266 • | |
IC 3862 = Arp 265 is an irregular galaxy of the Hubble type Sd in the constellation Hounds. It is an estimated 189 million light years from the Milky Way . Halton Arp organized his catalog of unusual galaxies into groups according to purely morphological criteria. This galaxy belongs to the class of galaxies with irregular clusters .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 21, 1903 .
Web links
Commons : IC 3862 - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
literature
- Jeff Kanipe and Dennis Webb: The Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies - A Chronicle and Observer's Guide , Richmond 2006, ISBN 978-0-943396-76-7