IC 3091
| Galaxy IC 3091 |
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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 16 m 29.2 s |
| declination | + 14 ° 00 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.30 'x 0.6' |
| Position angle | 130 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster (??) |
| Redshift | 0.025661 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | 7693 ± 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(341 ± 24) · 10 6 ly (104.6 ± 7.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal H. Frost |
| Discovery date | May 7, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3091 • PGC 39318 • CGCG 069-121 • MCG + 02-31-077 • 2MASX J12162914 + 1400444 • VCC 193 • GALEX ASC J121629.08 + 140044.0 • LDCE 881 NED002 | |
IC 3091 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa Coma Berenices in the constellation of the northern sky . It is estimated to be 341 million light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 ly in diameter. It is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under the catalog name VCC 193 , but is too far away for that.
The galaxies NGC 4208 , NGC 4212 , IC 3080 , IC 3093 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 7, 1904 .