IC 3694

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Galaxy
IC 3694
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Constellation Virgin
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 43 m 07.3 s
declination + 11 ° 12 ′ 43 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sbc  
Brightness  (visual) 14.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.9 mag
Angular expansion 0.6 ′ × 0.4 ′
Position angle 30 °
Surface brightness 12.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Virgo cluster (??)  
Redshift 0.028146 ± 0.000033  
Radial velocity 8438 ± 10 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(375 ± 26)  x  10 6  ly
(114.9 ± 8.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery Royal Harwood Frost
Discovery date May 10, 1904
Catalog names
IC  3694 • PGC  42766 • CGCG  071-010 • MCG  + 02-32-192 • 2MASX  J12430724 + 1112429 • VCC  1954 • VV  505 • USGC U501 NED04

IC 3694 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 375 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 65,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 4637 , NGC 4638 , IC 3698 , IC 3701 .

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

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 3694
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key “IC 3694” overwrites the previously used key “IC3694”.