IC 3516

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Galaxy
IC 3516
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IC 3516 [1]
IC 3516
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 34 m 17.144 s
declination + 27 ° 27 ′ 08.2 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Scd  
Brightness  (visual) 14.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.5 mag
Angular expansion 1.40 'x 0.2'
Position angle 72 °
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.022866 ± 0.000012  
Radial velocity 6855 ± 4 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(306 ± 22)  x  10 6  ly
(93.9 ± 6.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Max Wolf
Discovery date March 23, 1903
Catalog names
IC  3516 • UGC  7724 • PGC  41808 • MCG  + 05-30-022 • KUG  1231 + 277 • 2MASX  J12341734 + 2727084 • 2MASS J12341710 + 2727078 • NSA 103238 • WISEA J123417.16 + 272708.2

IC 3516 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 306 million light years from the Milky Way and 125,000 light years across.
The galaxies IC 3482 , IC 3491 , IC 3494 , IC 3515 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 3516
  4. ↑ Seligman