IC 3724

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Galaxy
IC 3724
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IC 3724 with LEDA 1377137 (l) [1]
IC 3724 with LEDA 1377137 (l)
AladinLite
Constellation Virgin
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 44 m 53.762 s
declination + 10 ° 16 ′ 56.48 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sc (s) I-II  
Brightness  (visual) 14.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.4 mag
Angular expansion 0.50 '× 0.3'
Position angle 70 °
Surface brightness 12.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.046983 ± 0.000020  
Radial velocity 14,085 ± 6 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(627 ± 44)  ·  10 6  ly
(192.2 ± 13.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery Royal H. Frost
Discovery date May 10, 1904
Catalog names
IC  3724 • PGC  42960 • CGCG  071-027 • 2MASX  J12445373 + 1016570 • VCC  2009 • 2MASS J12445376 + 1016567 • WISEA J124453.79 + 101656.5 • NVSS J124453 + 101651

IC 3724 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 627 million light years from the Milky Way and 95,000 light years across. She is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 2009 , but is too far away for that.

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 3690 , IC 3714 , IC 3732 , IC 3767 .

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

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 3724
  4. Seligman