IC 3261
| Galaxy IC 3261 |
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| PGC 40289 (lo) and IC 3261 (middle) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 23 m 52.5 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 28 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 100 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.063922 +/- 0.000180 |
| Radial velocity | 19,163 +/- 54 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(854 ± 60) · 10 6 Lj (261.7 ± 18.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal Harwood Frost |
| Discovery date | May 7, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3261 • PGC 40289 • 2MASX J12235252 + 1128521 • GALEX ASC J122352.64 + 112853.5 | |
IC 3261 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 854 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 230,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4330 , NGC 4352 , NGC 4371 , IC 3239 .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 7, 1904 .