IC 3605

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Galaxy
IC 3605
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 38 m 20.9 s
declination + 19 ° 32 ′ 29 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sd / Irr  
Brightness  (visual) 15.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.2 mag
Angular expansion 0.40 'x 0.2'
Position angle 10 °
Surface brightness 12.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.004546  
Radial velocity 1363 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(60 ± 4)  ·  10 6  ly
(18.3 ± 1.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Royal Harwood Frost
Discovery date May 7, 1904
Catalog names
IC  3605 • PGC  86642 • KUG  1235 + 198 • SDSS J123820.95 + 193228.7

IC 3605 is a faint , irregular dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type Sd / Irr in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is an estimated 60 million light years away from the Milky Way and is about> 10,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxy NGC 4561 is located in the same area of ​​the sky .

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

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 3605
  3. Seligman