IC 3592
| Galaxy IC 3594 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 36 m 53.4 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 51 ′ 43 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa? |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.00 x 0.5 |
| Position angle | 126 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025054 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 7511 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(336 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (102.9 ± 7.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 23, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4559A • IC 3592 • UGC 7789 • PGC 42097 • CGCG 059-031 • MCG + 05-30-038 • IRAS F12344 + 2808 • 2MASX J12365341 + 2751439 • Mrk 775 • GALEX ASC J123653.33 + 275144.0 • USGC U494 NED03 • HOLM 423b | |
IC 3592 (also NGC 4559A ) is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 337 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4559 and IC 3593 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 23, 1903 .