IC 3522
| Galaxy IC 3522 |
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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 34 m 45.6 s |
| declination | + 15 ° 13 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | In III-IV |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 95 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster NGC 4343 group NGC 4636 group Messier 49 group LGG 292 |
| Redshift | 0.002228 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 668 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(28 ± 2) x 10 6 ly (8.58 ± 0.60) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal Harwood Frost |
| Discovery date | May 7, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3522 • UGC 7737 • PGC 41865 • MCG + 03-32-072 • VCC 1585 • LEDA 41865 | |
IC 3522 is an irregular dwarf galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type IBm in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 28 million light years from the Milky Way , about 10,000 light years in diameter, and listed as part of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster under catalog number VVC 1585 .
The galaxies NGC 4523 , NGC 4540 , IC 800 , IC 3534 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 7, 1904 .