IC 3300
| Galaxy IC 3300 |
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| SDSS image from IC 3300 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 25 m 05.0 s |
| declination | + 25 ° 57 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.00 'x 0.3' |
| Position angle | 79 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022252 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 6671 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(297 ± 21) x 10 6 ly (91.2 ± 6.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 23, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3300 • UGC 7495 • PGC 40459 • CGCG 128-087 • MCG + 04-29-070 • IRAS 12225 + 2614 • 2MASX J12213715 + 2645385 • KUG 1222 + 262 • SDSS J122504.98 + 255727.1 • ASK 666180.0 | |
IC 3300 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky . It is an estimated 297 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 3276 , IC 3302 , IC 3316 , IC 3321 .
The object was discovered on March 23, 1903 by the Baden and later German astronomer Max Wolf .
Web links
Commons : IC 3300 - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC Extragalactic Database : NED results for object IC 3300. 1 objects found in NED. In: ipac.caltech.edu. Infrared Processing and Analysis Center , p. 4 , accessed April 18, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d e f Hartmut Frommert : Revised IC Data for IC 3300. Object: IC 3300 (*). In: spider.seds.org. Students for the Exploration and Development of Space , p. 1 , accessed April 18, 2019 .
- ^ Courtney Seligman : IC 3300 (= 40459). Discovered (Mar 23, 1903) by Max Wolf (4-96). In: cseligman.com. Website of Professor of Astronomy & Author Courtney Seligman , p. 1 , accessed April 18, 2019 .