IC 3061
| Galaxy IC 3061 |
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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 15 m 04.4 s |
| declination | + 14 ° 01 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBc? / LINER / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.20 × 0.4 |
| Position angle | 122 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.007725 +/- 0.000006 |
| Radial velocity | 2316 +/- 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(101 ± 7) x 10 6 ly (31.0 ± 2.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Arnold Schwassmann |
| Discovery date | November 22, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3061 • UGC 7255 • PGC 39152 • CGCG 069-101 • MCG + 02-31-063 • IRAS F12125 + 1418 • KUG 1212 + 143 • 2MASX J12150451 + 1401443 • VCC 131 • LDCE 904 NED018 • FGC 167A | |
IC 3061 is an active bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 101 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 65,000 ly. It is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 131 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4208 , IC 3058 , IC 3080 , IC 3091 .
The object was discovered by Arnold Schwassmann on November 22nd, 1900 .