IC 3618
| Galaxy IC 3618 |
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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 17.1 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 40 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | cE: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022095 ± 0.000031 |
| Radial velocity | 6624 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(296 ± 21) x 10 6 ly (90.7 ± 6.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 23, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3618 • PGC 42315 • CGCG 159-041 • 2MASX J12391710 + 2640394 • GALEX ASC J123917.11 + 264040.2 • USGC U498 NED04 | |
IC 3618 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 296 million light years from the Milky Way and about 25,000 light years across .
The galaxies IC 3610 , IC 3632 , IC 3640 , IC 3642 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 23, 1903 .