IC 3606
| Galaxy IC 3606 |
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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 25.1 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 36 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.30 'x 0.3' |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.115209 ± 0.000201 |
| Radial velocity | 34,539 ± 60 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(1541 ± 108) · 10 6 ly (472.5 ± 33.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal H. Frost |
| Discovery date | May 10, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3606 • PGC 1412725 • 2MASX J12382508 + 1236380 • GALEX ASC J123825.05 + 123638.9 • SDSS J123825.09 + 123638.2 • NVSS J123825 + 123644 | |
IC 3606 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E0 in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 1.5 billion light years away from the Milky Way and about 140,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4584 , IC 3586 , IC 3631 , IC 3635 .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 10, 1904 .