IC 3488
| Galaxy IC 3488 |
|
|---|---|
![IC 3488 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:IC3488_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
|
|
| IC 3488 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
|
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
|
| Right ascension | 12 h 33 m 08.446 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 20 ′ 57.74 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | C / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.80 'x 0.7' |
| Surface brightness | 14.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024237 ± 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | 7266 ± 19 km / s |
|
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(325 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (99.5 ± 7.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 23, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3488 • PGC 41671 • CGCG 159-014 • MCG + 05-30-019 • KUG 1230 + 266 • 2MASX J12330846 + 2620571 • GALEX ASC J123308.58 + 262058.4 • NSA 103134 • WISEA J123308.44 + 262057.8 | |
IC 3488 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S with an active galaxy core in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is an estimated 325 million light years from the Milky Way and is 75,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 3498 , IC 3502 , IC 3508 .
The object was discovered on March 23, 1903 by the German astronomer Max Wolf .