IC 3012
| Galaxy IC 3012 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 08 m 23.9 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 10 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 x 0.2 |
| Position angle | 35 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.032408 ± 0.000167 |
| Radial velocity | 9716 ± 50 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(431 ± 303) · 10 6 ly (132.2 ± 93,) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal Harwood Frost |
| Discovery date | May 7, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3012 • PGC 038546 • CGCG 069-061 • 2MASX J12082392 + 1110360 • | |
IC 3012 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is around 431 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 65,000 light years .
The galaxies NGC 4119 , IC 2990 , IC 3016 , IC 3028 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 7, 1904 .