IC 3580

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Galaxy
IC 3580
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Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 36 m 29.2 s
declination + 18 ° 18 ′ 02 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E0  
Brightness  (visual) 16.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 17.0 likes
Angular expansion 0.2 ′ × 0.2 ′
Surface brightness 12.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.002949  
Radial velocity 884 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(38 ± 3)  x  10 6  ly
(11.7 ± 0.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Royal Harwood Frost
Discovery date May 7, 1904
Catalog names
IC  3580 • 2MASX  J12362919 + 1818022 • GALEX ASC J123628.91 + 181800.2 • EVCC 933

IC 3580 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E0 in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky , the estimated 38 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center.
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4539 , IC 3615 , IC 3530 .

The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 7, 1904 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 3580
  3. Seligman