IC 3031
Galaxy IC 3031 |
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IC 3031 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Berenike's hair |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 12 h 11 m 04.180 s |
declination | + 13 ° 18 ′ 30.40 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S. |
Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.70 '× 0.1' |
Position angle | 32 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.086560 ± 0.000138 |
Radial velocity | 25,950 ± 41 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(1157 ± 81) · 10 6 ly (354.7 ± 24.8) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Royal H. Frost |
Discovery date | May 7, 1904 |
Catalog names | |
IC 3031 • PGC 92941 • 2MASX J12110415 + 1318301 • 2MASS J12110418 + 1318299 • GALEX ASC J121104.13 + 131829.9 • SDSS J121104.17 + 131830.4 |
IC 3031 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky . It is around 1.2 billion light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 240,000 light years.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4164 , IC 3029 , IC 3033 , IC 3035 .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 7, 1904 .