IC 3460

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Galaxy
IC 3460
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IC 3460 [1]
IC 3460
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 31 m 50.390 s
declination + 27 ° 23 ′ 12.80 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S.  
Brightness  (visual) 15.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.1 mag
Angular expansion 0.90 'x 0.3'
Position angle 120 °
Surface brightness 13.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.015057 ± 0.000111  
Radial velocity 4514 ± 33 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(202 ± 14)  ·  10 6  ly
(61.8 ± 4.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Max Wolf
Discovery date March 23, 1903
Catalog names
IC  3460 • PGC  41492 • KUG  1229 + 276 • NSA 103174 • SDSS J123150.38 + 272312.7

IC 3460 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Scd in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky . It is estimated to be 202 million light years from the Milky Way and 55,000 light years across.
The galaxies IC 3454 , IC 3482 , IC 3491 , IC 3494 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 23, 1903 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : IC 3460
  4. ↑ Seligman