IC 3080
| Galaxy IC 3080 |
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| IC 3080 with SDSS J121607.03 + 141237.5 ( above ) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 16 m 02.7 s |
| declination | + 14 ° 11 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBa |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.60 'x 0.5' |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster ?? |
| Redshift | 0.025381 ± 0.000110 |
| Radial velocity | 7609 ± 33 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(338 ± 24) · 10 6 ly (103.5 ± 7.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal H. Frost |
| Discovery date | May 7, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3080 • PGC 39269 • 4103623 • CGCG 069-115 • 2MASX J12160268 + 1411218 • VCC 176 • GALEX ASC J121602.56 + 141123.1 • USGC U476 NED04 | |
IC 3080 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is an estimated 338 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 60,000 ly. It is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under the catalog name VCC 176 , but is too far away for that.
The galaxies IC 3061 , IC 3077 , IC 3091 , IC 3093 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 7, 1904 .