IC 3059
| Galaxy IC 3059 |
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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 55.0 s |
| declination | + 13 ° 27 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | In the: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.60 × 1.3 |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster? |
| Redshift | 0.000861 +/- 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 258 +/- 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(9 ± 1) x 10 6 ly (2.74 ± 0.20) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal Harwood Frost |
| Discovery date | May 7, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3059 • UGC 7254 • PGC 39142 • CGCG 069-100 • MCG + 02-31-062 • VCC 126 • GALEX ASC J121455.09 + 132738.2 • USGC U490 NED388 | |
IC 3059 is an irregular dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type Im in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 9 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 5,000 light years . Under catalog number VCC 126 it is part of the Virgo galaxy cluster .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 3054 , IC 3062 , IC 3066 , IC 3073 .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 7, 1904 .