IC 3003
Galaxy IC 3003 |
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IC 3003 with LEDA 2014137 (above) SDSS image | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Berenike's hair |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 12 h 25 m 32.625 s |
declination | + 32 ° 48 ′ 46.76 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sc / LINER |
Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
Position angle | 138 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.026095 ± 0.000103 |
Radial velocity | 7823 ± 31 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(350 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (107.2 ± 7.5) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Arnold Schwassmann |
Discovery date | September 14, 1900 |
Catalog names | |
IC 3003 • PGC 38490 • CGCG 187-011 • MCG + 06-27-013 • 2MASX J12073262 + 3248471 • GALEX ASC J120732.63 + 324847.6 • NSA 091555 • WISEA J120732.62 + 324846.7 |
IC 3003 is a lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 with an active galaxy core in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is an estimated 350 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4113 , IC 2993 , IC 3001 , IC 3002 .
The object was discovered on September 14, 1900 by the German astronomer Arnold Schwassmann .