IC 3422
| Galaxy IC 3422 |
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![IC 3422 with LEDA 169410 (ro) [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:IC3422_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| IC 3422 with LEDA 169410 (ro) | |
| 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 54.6 s |
| declination | + 14 ° 41 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.080218 ± 0.000163 |
| Radial velocity | 24,049 ± 49 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(1072 ± 75) · 10 6 Lj (328.8 ± 23.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal H. Frost |
| Discovery date | May 7, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3422 • PGC 165191 • 2MASX J12295460 + 1441182 • GALEX ASC J122954.51 + 144118.5 • VPC 703 | |
IC 3422 is an elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is around a billion 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 3409 , IC 3419 , IC 3453 .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 7, 1904 .