IC 3576
| Galaxy IC 3576 |
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| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 36 m 37.7 s |
| declination | + 06 ° 37 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sm / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 ′ × 2.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 15.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.003586 +/- 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 1075 +/- 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(45 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (13.8 ± 1.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Arnold Schwassmann |
| Discovery date | November 8, 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3576 • UGC 7781 • PGC 42074 • CGCG 042-176 • MCG + 01-32-112 • VCC 1678 • USGC U490 NED93 • LEDA 42074 | |
IC 3576 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Sm in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 45 million light years away from the Milky Way , has a diameter of about 35,000 ly and is listed under catalog number VVC 1678 as part of the Virgo galaxy cluster .
The galaxies NGC 4532 , NGC 4543 , NGC 4588 , IC 3591 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Arnold Schwassmann on November 8, 1899 .
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Attention: The sorting key "IC 3576" overwrites the previously used key "IC3576".