IC 3301
| Galaxy IC 3301 / IC 3307 |
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| 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 17.5 s |
| declination | + 14 ° 10 ′ 21 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | dE1, N |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.002129 ± 0.000075 |
| Radial velocity | 638 ± 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(26 ± 2) x 10 6 ly (8.06 ± 0.64) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal Harwood Frost |
| Discovery date | May 10, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3301 • 3307 • PGC 40491 • 2MASX J12251758 + 1410230 • VCC 790 • VPC 399 • EVCC 548 | |
IC 3301 = IC 3307 is a dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type E? in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 26 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of <5,000 ly. The galaxy is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VVC 790 .
The galaxies NGC 4377 , IC 3238 , IC 3244 , IC 3344 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 10, 1904 .