IC 3153
| Galaxy IC 3153 |
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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 19 m 36.8 s |
| declination | + 05 ° 23 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc (r) I-II |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo Cluster (??) WBL 397 |
| Redshift | 0.038847 ± 0.000053 |
| Radial velocity | 11,646 ± 16 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(517 ± 36) · 10 6 ly (158.4 ± 11.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Hermann Kobold |
| Discovery date | April 8, 1894 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3153 • PGC 39693 • CGCG 042-019 • 2MASX 12193685 + 0523524 • VCC 359 • GALEX ASC J121936.91 + 052352.0 • SIG 610 • HOLM 368G | |
IC 3153 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 517 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years across. The galaxy is listed under catalog number VVC 359 as a member of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster, but it is too far away for that.
Together with NGC 4259 , NGC 4268 , NGC 4270 , NGC 4273 , NGC 4277 and NGC 4281 , it forms the galaxy group Holm 368 .
The object was discovered by Hermann Kobold on April 8, 1894 .