IC 3622

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Galaxy
IC 3622
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IC 3622 with 2MASX J12393240 + 1527470 (om) [1] (SDSS holder)
IC 3622 with 2MASX J12393240 + 1527470 (om) ( SDSS mounting)
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 39 m 32.5 s
declination + 15 ° 25 ′ 55 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sbc  
Brightness  (visual) 15.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.0 mag
Angular expansion 0.60 × 0.6
Surface brightness 13.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.072857 ± 0.000173  
Radial velocity 21,842 ± 52 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(974 ± 68)  x  10 6  ly
(298.7 ± 20.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery Royal Harwood Frost
Discovery date May 7, 1904
Catalog names
IC  3622 • 2MASX  J12393247 + 1525550 • GALEX ASC J123932.61 + 152555.2 • ASK 439310.0

IC 3622 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 974 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 175,000 light-years across .

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4595 , IC 3601 , IC 3603 , IC 3621 .

The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 7, 1904 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d SEDS : IC 3622
  4. Seligman