IC 3651

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Galaxy
IC 3651
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Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 40 m 52.9 s
declination + 26 ° 43 ′ 41 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 13.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.3 mag
Angular expansion 1.00 × 1.0
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.015784 ± 0.000090  
Radial velocity 4732 ± 27 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(211 ± 15)  ·  10 6  ly
(64.8 ± 4.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Max Wolf
Discovery date March 23, 1903
Catalog names
IC  3651 • UGC  7835 • PGC  42500 • CGCG  159-50 • MCG  5-30-54 • 2MASX  J12405286 + 2643405 • LDCE 0911 NED001

IC 3651 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Haar der Berenice in the northern sky . It is an estimated 211 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 4613 , IC 3632 , IC 3642 , IC 3646 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 23, 1903 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d SEDS : IC 3651
  3. Seligman
  4. SIMBAD Database