IC 3432
| Galaxy IC 3432 |
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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 30 m 27.8 s |
| declination | + 14 ° 09 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 54 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster (??) |
| Redshift | 0.020091 ± 0.000060 |
| Radial velocity | 6023 ± 18 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(267 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (81.9 ± 5.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal Harwood Frost |
| Discovery date | May 10, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3432 • PGC 41320 • CGCG 070-135 • MCG + 02-32-102 • IRAS F12279 + 1426 • KUG 1227 + 144 • 2MASX J12302783 + 1409368 • VCC 1293 • GALEX ASC J123027.78 + 140937.1 | |
IC 3432 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky . It is an estimated 267 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 45,000 ly. The galaxy is listed under catalog number VVC 1293 as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster .
The galaxies NGC 4459 , NGC 4468 , NGC 4474 , IC 3442 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 10, 1904 .