IC 3734

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Galaxy
IC 3734
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IC 813 & IC 3734 [1]
IC 813 & IC 3734
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 45 m 09.284 s
declination + 23 ° 02 ′ 20.61 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E?  
Brightness  (visual) 16.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 17.0 likes
Angular expansion 0.20 'x 0.2'
Surface brightness 12.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.022935  
Radial velocity 6876 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(307 ± 22)  x  10 6  ly
(94.1 ± 6.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Max Wolf
Discovery date January 27, 1904
Catalog names
IC  3734 • PGC  214024 • CGCG  129-022 NED02 • MCG  + 04-30-019 NED02 • 2MASX  J12450925 + 2302211 • GALEX ASC J124509.28 + 230220.3 • WISEA J124509.31 + 230220.3 • NSA 119204

IC 3734 is a faintly luminous galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 307 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 20,000 light-years across. Together with IC 813 , it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair.

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 3762 , IC 3679 , IC 3691 , IC 3776 .

The object was discovered by Max Wolf on January 27, 1904 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e SEDS : IC 3734
  4. Seligman