IC 3111
| Galaxy IC 3111 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 17 m 50.8 s |
| declination | + 08 ° 25 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb (s) II |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 25 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster ?? |
| Redshift | 0.049217 ± 0.000037 |
| Radial velocity | 14,755 ± 11 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(656 ± 46) · 10 6 ly (201.1 ± 14.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Arnold Schwassmann |
| Discovery date | January 25, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3111 • PGC 39464 • CGCG 069-132 • IRAS F12153 + 0842 • 2MASX J12175087 + 0825491 • VCC 259 • GALEX ASC J121750.90 + 082549.4 • SIG 1592 | |
IC 3111 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is an estimated 656 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 95,000 ly. It is listed as a member of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster under the catalog name VCC 259 , but is too far away for that.
The galaxies IC 776 , IC 3131 , IC 3132 , IC 3134 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on January 25, 1900 by Arnold Schwassmann .