IC 3313
Galaxy IC 3313 |
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IC 3313 & PGC 40551 (o) | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Berenike's hair |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 12 h 25 m 36.4 s |
declination | + 15 ° 49 ′ 47 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | dE1 |
Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
Redshift | 0.003579 ± 0.000070 |
Radial velocity | 1073 ± 21 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(46 ± 3) · 10 6 ly (14.1 ± 1.0) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Royal Harwood Frost |
Discovery date | May 7, 1904 |
Catalog names | |
IC 3313 • PGC 40551 • CGCG 099-046 • MCG + 03-32-033 • VCC 817 • HOLM 398A • EVCC 565 |
IC 3313 is a spiral dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 46 million light years from the Milky Way and about 10,000 light years across. The galaxy is listed under catalog number VCC 817 as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster . Together with PGC 40547 , it forms the galaxy pair Holm 398 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4379 , NGC 4396 , NGC 4405 , IC 787 .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 7, 1904 .