IC 3362
| Galaxy IC 3362 |
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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 26 m 54.407 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 41 ′ 24.28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S / R |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 '× 0.5' |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022476 ± 0.000070 |
| Radial velocity | 6738 ± 21 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(301 ± 21) x 10 6 ly (92.2 ± 6.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 23, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3362 • PGC 3089430 • 2MASX J12265440 + 2641239 • 2MASS J12265441 + 2641241 • WISEA J122654.40 + 264124.3 • ASK 577635.0 • NSA 103159 | |
IC 3362 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky . It is estimated to be 301 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 3336 , IC 3367 , IC 3376 , IC 3380 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 23, 1903 .
Web links
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Aladin Lite: IC 3362