IC 3054
| Galaxy IC 3054 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 14 m 14.4 s |
| declination | + 13 ° 32 ′ 35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | dE3, N |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 × 0.4 |
| Position angle | 167 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.004355 +/- 0.000123 |
| Radial velocity | 1306 +/- 37 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(56 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (17.1 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal Harwood Frost |
| Discovery date | May 7, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3054 • PGC 39080 • VCC 109 • GALEX ASC J121414.49 + 133232.5 • NSA 140966 | |
IC 3054 is an elliptical dwarf galaxy of the Hubble-type dE in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 56 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 5,000 ly. Under catalog number VCC 109 it is part of the Virgo galaxy cluster .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4189 , IC 3059 , IC 3062 , IC 3066 .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 7, 1904 .