IC 3478

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Galaxy
IC 3478
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IC 3478 [1]
IC 3478
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 32 m 44.196 s
declination + 14 ° 11 ′ 46.30 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB0:  
Brightness  (visual) 13.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.3 mag
Angular expansion 1.10 'x 1.0'
Position angle 105 °
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.006501 ± 0.000087  
Radial velocity 1949 ± 26 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(85 ± 6)  x  10 6  ly
(26.1 ± 1.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery Arnold Schwassmann
Discovery date November 22, 1900
Catalog names
IC  3478 • UGC  7696 • PGC  41614 • CGCG  070-158 • MCG  + 02-32-126 • 2MASX  J12324421 + 1411458 • VCC  1453 • GALEX ASC J123244.14 + 141146.3 • NSA 161982 • VPC 884 • EVCC 847

IC 3478 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 85 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light-years across. It is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 1453 . In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4501 , IC 3442 , IC 3476 , IC 3500 .

The object was discovered by Arnold Schwassmann on November 22nd, 1900 .

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 3478
  4. ↑ Seligman