IC 3599
| Galaxy IC 3599 |
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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 37 m 41.2 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 42 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb? pec; Sy1; HIISy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.30 x 0.2 |
| Position angle | 140 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021545 ± 0.000240 |
| Radial velocity | 6459 ± 72 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(289 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (88.5 ± 6.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 23, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3599 • PGC 42154 • CGCG 159-034 • 2MASX J12374117 + 2642272 • | |
IC 3599 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type SABB in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky , the 289 million estimated light years from the Milky Way 's center.
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 23, 1903 .