IC 3615
| Galaxy IC 3615 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 39 m 01.6 s |
| declination | + 18 ° 12 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scd: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 11 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026472 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 7936 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(353 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (108.3 ± 7.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal Harwood Frost |
| Discovery date | May 7, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3615 • UGC 7815 • PGC 42306 • CGCG 099-104 • MCG + 03-32-079 • 2MASX J12390161 + 1812023 • GALEX ASC J123901.57 + 181204.7 | |
IC 3615 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky . It is estimated to be 353 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 115,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there is a. a. the galaxy IC 3580 .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 7, 1904 .