IC 3202

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Galaxy
IC 3202
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Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 21 m 44.3 s
declination + 27 ° 03 ′ 26 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E.  
Brightness  (visual) 16.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 17.4 likes
Angular expansion 0.30 'x 0.3'
Surface brightness 13.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.079748 ± 0.000093  
Radial velocity 23,908 ± 28 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(1068 ± 75)  x  10 6  ly
(327.4 ± 22.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery Max Wolf
Discovery date March 23, 1903
Catalog names
IC  3202 • PGC  3089316 • 2MASX  J12214431 + 2703255 • 2MASS J12214433 + 2703255 • ASK 576802.0

IC 3202 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is an estimated 1.1 billion light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 3200 , IC 3217 , IC 3241 , IC 3262 .

The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 23, 1903 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 3202
  3. Seligman