IC 3305
| Galaxy IC 3305 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 25 m 14.5 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 50 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | dE7, N |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 44 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.007966 +/- 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 2388 +/- 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(104 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (31.9 ± 2.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal Harwood Frost |
| Discovery date | May 7, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3305 • UGC 7499 • PGC 40488 • CGCG 070-059 • MCG + 02-32-036 • 2MASX J12251449 + 1150584 • VCC 786 • | |
IC 3305 is a spiral dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 104 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 35,000 ly. The galaxy is listed as a member of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster under catalog number VCC 786 .
The galaxies NGC 4371 , IC 3291 , IC 3311 , IC 3331 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 7, 1904 .