IC 3302

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Galaxy
IC 3302
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 25 m 10.4 s
declination + 25 ° 52 ′ 47 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E.  
Brightness  (visual) 15.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.5 mag
Angular expansion 0.20 'x 0.2'
Surface brightness 12.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.022283  
Radial velocity 6680 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(298 ± 21)  ·  10 6  ly
(91.4 ± 6.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Max Wolf
Discovery date March 23, 1903
Catalog names
IC  3302 • 2MASX  J12251047 + 2552476 • NSA 119851 • SDSS J122510.42 + 255247.2

IC 3302 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E0 in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky , an estimated 298 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center.

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 3276 , IC 3300 , IC 3316 , IC 3321 .

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

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d SEDS : IC 3302
  3. Seligman