IC 3409
| Galaxy IC 3409 |
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![IC 3409 & LEDA 165179 [1] (below)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:IC3409_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| IC 3409 & LEDA 165179 (below) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 29 m 21.2 s |
| declination | + 14 ° 47 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 130 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.057838 ± 0.000167 |
| Radial velocity | 17,339 ± 50 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(773 ± 54) · 10 6 Lj (236.9 ± 16.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal H. Frost |
| Discovery date | May 7, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3409 • PGC 41147 • MCG + 03-32-050 • 2MASX J12292122 + 1447210 • GALEX ASC J122921.08 + 144720.7 • VPC 650 | |
IC 3409 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is 773 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 160,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 3392 , IC 3419 , IC 3422 , IC 3435 .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 7, 1904 .