IC 3726

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Galaxy
IC 3726
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SDSS recording of IC 3726 with LEDA 2790928 (o) [1]
SDSS image of IC 3726 with LEDA 2790928 (o)
AladinLite
Constellation Hunting dogs
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 44 m 42.6 s
declination + 40 ° 40 ′ 44 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Scd:  
Brightness  (visual) 14.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.4 mag
Angular expansion 1.50 '× 0.3'
Position angle 111 °
Surface brightness 13.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation WBL 422  
Redshift 0.016784 ± 0.000118  
Radial velocity 5032 ± 35 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(227 ± 16)  x  10 6  ly
(69.6 ± 4.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery Max Wolf
Discovery date March 21, 1903
Catalog names
IC  3726 • UGC  7921 • PGC  42938 • CGCG  216-025 • MCG  + 07-26-049 • IRAS  12423 + 4057 • KUG  1242 + 409 • 2MASX  J12444253 + 4040439 • NVSS J124442 + 404047

IC 3726 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Canes Venatici on the northern sky . It is estimated to be 227 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4655 , IC 3713 , IC 3723 , IC 3758 .

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

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e SEDS : IC 3726
  4. Seligman