IC 3058

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Galaxy
IC 3058
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Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 14 m 47.4 s
declination + 14 ° 05 ′ 44 ″
Appearance
Morphological type p  
Brightness  (visual) 15.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.5 mag
Angular expansion 0.70 × 0.4
Position angle 120 °
Surface brightness 14.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.080730 +/- 0.000158  
Radial velocity 24.202 +/- 47 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(1079 ± 76)  ·  10 6  ly
(330.8 ± 23.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery Royal Harwood Frost
Discovery date May 7, 1904
Catalog names
IC  3058 • PGC  1449108 • SDSS J121447.45 + 140543.8 • 2MASS J12144744 + 1405440 • 2XMM J121447.3 + 140544

IC 3058 is a galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 1.1 billion light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 230,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4208 , IC 3053 , IC 3061 , IC 3080 .

The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 7, 1904 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 3058
  3. Seligman