IC 3494

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Galaxy
IC 3494
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IC 3494 [1]
IC 3494
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 33 m 13.712 s
declination + 27 ° 35 ′ 02.76 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E0  
Brightness  (visual) 16.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 17.6 mag
Angular expansion 0.20 'x 0.2'
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.024233 ± 0.000139  
Radial velocity 7265 ± 42 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  3494 • PGC  1812401 • 2MASX  J12331373 + 2735021 • GALEX ASC J123313.67 + 273504.2 • NSA 103255 • WISEA J123313.68 + 273503.2

IC 3494 is an elliptical dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is an estimated 325 million light years from the Milky Way and is 20,000 light years across.
The galaxies IC 3460 , IC 3482 , IC 3515 , IC 3516 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 NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e SEDS : IC 3494
  4. ↑ Seligman