IC 3430
| Galaxy IC 3430 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 30 m 16.9 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 05 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | ImIII: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 115 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006721 +/- 0.000127 |
| Radial velocity | 2015 +/- 38 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(87 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (26.7 ± 1.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Arnold Schwassmann |
| Discovery date | February 15, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3430 • UGC 7643 • PGC 41294 • CGCG 070-132 • VCC 1273 • GALEX ASC J123016.92 + 090506.2 | |
IC 3430 is a dwarf galaxy in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 87 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 25,000 ly. The galaxy is listed under catalog number VVC 1273 as part of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster.
The galaxies NGC 4451 , NGC 4469 , NGC 4483 , IC 793 are in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Arnold Schwassmann on February 15, 1900 .