IC 3425

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Galaxy
IC 3425
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Constellation Virgin
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 29 m 56.4 s
declination + 10 ° 36 ′ 55 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0?  
Brightness  (visual) 13.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.4 mag
Angular expansion 1.6 ′ × 0.7 ′
Position angle 35 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.024397 +/- 0.000003  
Radial velocity 7314 +/- 1 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(324 ± 23)  x  10 6  ly
(99.4 ± 7.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery Royal Harwood Frost
Discovery date May 10, 1904
Catalog names
IC  3425 • UGC  7633 • PGC  41244 • CGCG  070-126 • MCG  + 02-32-095 • 2MASX  J12295635 + 1036551 • VCC  1243 • LEDA 41244

IC 3425 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 324 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 155,000 ly. The galaxy is listed as a member of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster under catalog number VCC 1243 . The galaxies NGC 4482 , IC 3383 , IC 3412 , IC 3447 are in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 10, 1904 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 3425
  3. Seligman