IC 3440
| Galaxy IC 3440 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 31 m 05.1 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 01 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025957 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | 7782 ± 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(345 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (105.9 ± 7.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Arnold Schwassmann |
| Discovery date | September 13, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3440 • PGC 169460 • GALEX ASC J123105.14 + 120148.6 • VPC 784 | |
IC 3440 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Virgo the northern sky . It is estimated to be 345 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 30,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4486 , IC 3459 , IC 3461 , IC 3465 , among others .
The object was discovered by Arnold Schwassmann on September 13, 1900 .