IC 3611

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Galaxy
IC 3611
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 39 m 04.1 s
declination + 13 ° 21 ′ 49 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S?  
Brightness  (visual) 13.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.0 mag
Angular expansion 1.40 'x 0.8'
Position angle 137 °
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Virgo cluster  
Redshift 0.009123 ± 0.000023  
Radial velocity 2735 ± 7 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(120 ± 8)  x  10 6  ly
(36.8 ± 2.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Arnold Schwassmann
Discovery date November 19, 1900
Catalog names
IC  3611 • UGC  7817 • PGC  42307 • CGCG  070-202 • MCG  + 02-32-164 • 2MASX  J12390399 + 1321496 • VCC  1778 • GALEX ASC J123904.08 + 132149.5 • NSA 169932 • EVCC 990

IC 3611 is a low luminosity galaxy from the Hubble type S? in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 120 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years across. She is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 1778 .

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4584 , IC 3613 , IC 3629 , IC 3631 .

The object was discovered by Arnold Schwassmann on November 19, 1900 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 3611
  3. Seligman