IC 3617
| Galaxy IC 3617 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 39 m 25.0 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 57 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBm III / BCD / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.40 'x 0.7' |
| Position angle | 65 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster LGG 296 |
| Redshift | 0.006921 ± 0.000005 |
| Radial velocity | 2075 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(90 ± 6) x 10 6 ly (27.6 ± 1.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Arnold Schwassmann |
| Discovery date | November 22, 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3617 • UGC 7822 • PGC 42348 • CGCG 042-194 • MCG + 01-32-127 • IRAS F12369 + 0814 • VCC 1791 • HIPASS J1239 + 07 • EVCC 998 | |
IC 3617 is an irregular galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Im in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 90 million light-years away from the Milky Way and about 35,000 light-years in diameter. It is listed as a member of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster under catalog number VCC 1791 .
The galaxies NGC 4570 , NGC 4598 , NGC 4612 , NGC 4623 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Arnold Schwassmann on November 22nd, 1899 .