IC 3476
| Galaxy IC 3476 |
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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 32 m 41.9 s |
| declination | + 14 ° 03 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | IB (s) m: / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.00 'x 1.4' |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster (?) |
| Redshift | −0.000564 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | −169 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(7 ± 1) x 10 6 ly (2.13 ± 0.35) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Arnold Schwassmann |
| Discovery date | November 22, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3476 • UGC 7695 • PGC 41608 • CGCG 070-157 • MCG + 02-32-125 • IRAS 12301 + 1419 • 2MASX J12324174 + 1403058 • VCC 1450 • VV 563 • USGC U490 NED136 • EVCC 844 • VPC 881 | |
IC 3476 is an irregular dwarf galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type IBm in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 7 million light years from the Milky Way . It is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 1450 . In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4501 , IC 3442 , IC 3478 , IC 3500 .
The supernova SN 1970A was observed here.
The object was discovered by Arnold Schwassmann on November 22nd, 1900 .