IC 3100

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Galaxy
IC 3100
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SDSS recording of IC 3100 and LEDA 39370 [1] (ru)
SDSS image from IC 3100 and LEDA 39370 (ru)
AladinLite
Constellation Virgin
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 17 m 05.5 s
declination + 12 ° 17 ′ 23 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E?  
Brightness  (visual) 13.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.8 mag
Angular expansion 1.50 '× 0.50'
Position angle 58 °
Surface brightness 13.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Virgo cluster  
Redshift 0.001778 ± 0.000177  
Radial velocity 533 ± 53 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(21 ± 3)  x  10 6  ly
(6.47 ± 0.86)  Mpc 
history
discovery Royal Harwood Frost
Discovery date May 7, 1904
Catalog names
IC  3100 • UGC  7312 • PGC  39381 • CGCG  069-125 • VCC  218 • USGC U490 NED370 • HOLM 360C • EVCC 265

IC 3100 is a faint dwarf galaxy in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 21 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 10,000 ly. Together with IC 3099 and IC 3105 , it forms the galaxy trio Holm 160 . It is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under the catalog name VCC 218 . The galaxies IC 3078 , IC 3081 , IC 3101 , IC 3137 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered on May 7, 1904 by the American astronomer Royal Harwood Frost .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d e NASA / IPAC Extragalactic Database : NED results for object IC 3100. 1 objects found in NED. In: ipac.caltech.edu. Infrared Processing and Analysis Center , p. 4 , accessed April 18, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Hartmut Frommert : Revised IC Data for IC 3100. Object: IC 3100 (*). In: spider.seds.org. Students for the Exploration and Development of Space , p. 1 , accessed April 18, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Seligman