IC 3604
| Galaxy IC 3604 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 38 m 20.7 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 43 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.30 'x 0.2' |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.044144 ± 0.000028 |
| Radial velocity | 13,234 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(589 ± 41) · 10 6 ly (180.6 ± 12.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal H. Frost |
| Discovery date | May 10, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3604 • 2MASX J12382074 + 1143502 • SGC 1397945 • SDSS J123820.71 + 114350.6 • NSA 170675 • SIG 1284 | |
IC 3604 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 589 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4579 , IC 3573 , IC 3577 , IC 3624 .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 10, 1904 .