IC 3717

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Galaxy
IC 3717
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Hunting dogs
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 44 m 22.9 s
declination + 39 ° 31 ′ 20 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S?  
Brightness  (visual) 15.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.3 mag
Angular expansion 0.70 'x 0.2'
Position angle 160 °
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation isolated  
Redshift 0.024038 ± 0.000083  
Radial velocity 7206 ± 25 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(324 ± 23)  x  10 6  ly
(99.3 ± 7.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery Max Wolf
Discovery date March 21, 1903
Catalog names
IC  3717 • PGC  42900 • MCG  + 07-26-047 • 2MASX  J12442295 + 3931207 • GALEX ASC J124423.09 + 393119.3 • SIG 1327

IC 3717 is a galaxy in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 324 million light years from the Milky Way and 65,000 light years across.

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 3697 , IC 3729 , IC 3771 , IC 3786 .

The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 21, 1903 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 3717
  3. Seligman