IC 3355
| Galaxy IC 3355 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 26 m 51.1 s |
| declination | + 13 ° 10 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | in the |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.10 'x 0.5' |
| Position angle | 172 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster (??) |
| Redshift | 0.000540 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 162 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(5 ± 1) x 10 6 ly (1.50 ± 0.17) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Arnold Schwassmann |
| Discovery date | 17th November 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3355 • UGC 7548 • PGC 40754 • CGCG 070-085 • MCG + 02-32-056 • KUG 1224 + 134 • VCC 945 • VV 511 • HOLM 403G • VPC 502 • EVCC 627 | |
IC 3355 is an irregular dwarf galaxy from the Hubble type in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 5 million light years from the Milky Way and about> 2,000 light years in diameter. The galaxy is listed under catalog number VCC 945 as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster .
The galaxies NGC 4402 , NGC 4406 , NGC 4435 , NGC 4438 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Arnold Schwassmann on November 17, 1900 .