IC 3356

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Galaxy
IC 3356
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IC 3356 [1]
IC 3356
AladinLite
Constellation Virgin
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 26 m 50.493 s
declination + 11 ° 33 ′ 32.48 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SmIV / HII  
Brightness  (visual) 14.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.1 mag
Angular expansion 1.5 ′ × 0.9 ′
Position angle 90 °
Surface brightness 14.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Virgo cluster
NGC 4472 group
LGG 292  
Redshift 0.003669 ± 0.000002  
Radial velocity 1100 ± 1 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(47 ± 3)  x  10 6  ly
(14.3 ± 1.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery Royal Harwood Frost
Discovery date May 7, 1904
Catalog names
IC  3356 • UGC  7547 • PGC  40761 • CGCG  070-084 • VCC  950 • HIPASS J1226 + 11 • VPC 505 • EVCC 625

IC 3356 is an irregular galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Im in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 47 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 20,000 light years across. It is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 950 . The galaxies IC 3331 , IC 3346 , IC 3358 , IC 3381 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

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 f g SEDS : IC 3356
  4. ^ VizieR
  5. ↑ Seligman