IC 3603
| Galaxy IC 3603 |
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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 38 m 16.1 s |
| declination | + 15 ° 34 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.40 'x 0.3' |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.046200 ± 0.000183 |
| Radial velocity | 13,850 ± 55 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(617 ± 43) · 10 6 ly (189.2 ± 13.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal H. Frost |
| Discovery date | May 7, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3603 • 2MASX J12381616 + 1534110 • SGC 3090633 • GALEX ASC J123816.15 + 153410.7 • ASK 439257.0 • NSA 75727 • SIG 2540 | |
IC 3603 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E3 in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 617 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years across .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4595 , IC 3601 , IC 3621 , IC 3622 .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 7, 1904 .