IC 3231
| Galaxy IC 3231 |
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| IC 3231 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 22 m 43.776 s |
| declination | + 24 ° 49 ′ 13.72 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 '× 0.4' |
| Position angle | 25 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022512 ± 0.000135 |
| Radial velocity | 6749 ± 40 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(301 ± 21) x 10 6 ly (92.2 ± 6.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 23, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3231 • PGC 89595 • KUG 1220 + 250 • NSA 119821 • SDSS J122243.77 + 244913.7 • WISEA J122243.77 + 244913.6 | |
IC 3231 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky . It is estimated to be 301 million light years from the Milky Way .
The galaxies IC 3186 , IC 3216 , IC 3221 , IC 3228 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 23, 1903 .
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