IC 3661
| Galaxy IC 3661 |
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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 41 m 35.725 s |
| declination | + 22 ° 29 ′ 41.45 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.60 'x 0.1' |
| Position angle | 105 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023605 |
| Radial velocity | 7077 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(316 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (96.8 ± 6.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | January 27, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3661 • PGC 1670992 • GALEX ASC J124135.69 + 222941.6 • NSA 119197 • SDSS J124135.71 + 222941.4 • WISEA J124135.66 + 222941.6 | |
IC 3661 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky , an estimated 316 million light-years from the Milky Way center. In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 3654 , IC 3656 , IC 3659 , IC 3691 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on January 27, 1904 .