IC 3448
| Galaxy IC 3448 |
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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 31 m 23.2 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 12 ′ 23 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa: |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 92 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.004547 |
| Radial velocity | 1363 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(59 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (18.2 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal Harwood Frost |
| Discovery date | May 7, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3448 • PGC 41439 • KUG 1228 + 174 • 2MASX J12312269 + 1712254 • VCC 1358 • GALEX ASC J123123.33 + 171222.7 | |
IC 3448 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa Coma Berenices in the constellation of the northern sky , the 59 million light-years from an estimated Milky Way is removed. The galaxy is listed under catalog number VCC 1358 as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster .
The galaxies NGC 4489 , NGC 4498 , IC 3433 , IC 3484 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 7, 1904 .