IC 3380
| Galaxy IC 3380 |
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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 28 m 05.534 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 40 ′ 22.32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | dEbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 16.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 17.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.30 'x 0.3' |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.002583 ± 0.000113 |
| Radial velocity | 774 ± 34 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(34 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (10.5 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 23, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3380 • PGC 3089432 • 2MASS J12280551 + 2640224 • SDSS J122805.52 + 264022.2 • WISEA J122805.47 + 264022.4 • NSA 103158 | |
IC 3380 is an elliptical dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type dE in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 34 million light years from the Milky Way and <5,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 3362 , IC 3367 , IC 3394 , IC 3401 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 23, 1903 .
Web links
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Aladin Lite: IC 3380