IC 3652

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Galaxy
IC 3652
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Constellation Virgin
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 40 m 58.5 s
declination + 11 ° 11 ′ 04 ″
Appearance
Morphological type dE0, N  
Brightness  (visual) 13.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.7 mag
Angular expansion 0.8 ′ × 0.8 ′
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Virgo cluster  
Redshift 0.002099 +/- 0.000067  
Radial velocity 629 +/- 20 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(26 ± 2)  x  10 6  ly
(7.92 ± 0.62)  Mpc 
history
discovery Royal Harwood Frost
Discovery date May 10, 1904
Catalog names
IC  3652 • UGC  7838 • PGC  42521 • CGCG  070-212 • MCG  + 02-32-175 • 2MASX  J12405858 + 1111038 • VCC  1861 • USGC U490 NED65 • LEDA 42521

IC 3652 is an elliptical dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 26 million light years away from the Milky Way , has a diameter of about 6,000 ly and is listed under catalog number VVC 1861 as part of the Virgo galaxy cluster .
The galaxies NGC 4638 , IC 3625 , IC 3653 , IC 3665 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 10, 1904 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 3652
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key "IC 3652" overwrites the previously used key "IC3652".