IC 3313

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Galaxy
IC 3313
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IC 3313 & PGC 40551 (o) [1]
IC 3313 & PGC 40551 (o)
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e SEDS : IC 3313
  4. Seligman