IC 3
| Galaxy IC 3 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 12 m 06.1 s |
| declination | -00 ° 24 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 55 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018130 ± 0.000074 |
| Radial velocity | 5435 ± 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(247 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (75.8 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | August 27, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3 • PGC 836 • CGCG 382-032 • MCG + 00-01-038 • 2MASX J00120604-0024543 • | |
IC 3 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 247 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on August 27, 1892 .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0003” overwrites the previously used key “IC0003”.