IC 3060

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Galaxy
IC 3060
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IC 3060 [1]
IC 3060
AladinLite
Constellation Virgin
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 15 m 02.086 s
declination + 12 ° 32 ′ 49.57 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sab  
Brightness  (visual) 13.9 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.7 mag
Angular expansion 0.90 'x 0.5'
Position angle 0 °
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Virgo cluster (??)  
Redshift 0.019430 ± 0.000004  
Radial velocity 5825 ± 1 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(258 ± 18)  x  10 6  ly
(79.0 ± 5.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery Arnold Schwassmann
Discovery date September 14, 1900
Catalog names
IC  3060 • PGC  39147 • CGCG  069-099 • MCG  + 02-31-061 • 2MASX  J12150210 + 1232493 • VCC  129 • GALEX ASC J121502.13 + 123250.0 • WISEA J121502.08 + 123249.7
NSA 170447

IC 3060 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 258 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter. It is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 129 , since the center of the cluster is about 54 million light years away from us, this is a misjudgment. In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4200 , IC 3052 , IC 3078 , IC 3081 .

The object was discovered by Arnold Schwassmann on September 14, 1900 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 3060
  4. Seligman