IC 3543
| Galaxy IC 3543 |
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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 35 m 41.4 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 17 ′ 09 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scd |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 ′ × 0.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 142 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021398 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 6415 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(286 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (87.8 ± 6.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 23, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4565C • IC 3543 • UGC 7764 • PGC 41974 • KUG 1233 + 265 • 2MASX J12354145 + 2617077 • FGC 1466 • LEDA 41974 | |
IC 3543 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Scd in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky . It is estimated to be 286 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 75,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4555 , IC 3545 , IC 3546 , IC 3582 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 23, 1903 .