IC 3756
| Galaxy IC 3756 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 46 m 10.1 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 54 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S / P |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 × 0.3 |
| Position angle | 20 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.045014 ± 0.000047 |
| Radial velocity | 13,495 ± 14 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(601 ± 42) x 10 6 ly (184.2 ± 12.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal Harwood Frost |
| Discovery date | May 10, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3756 • PGC 1400776 • 2MASX J12461012 + 1154519 • 2MASS J12461011 + 1154518 • NSA 70306 | |
IC 3756 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type S / P in the constellation virgin on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 601 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light-years across. The galaxies IC 815 , IC 3756 and IC 3760 probably form a gravitationally bound trio.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 3720 , IC 3722 , IC 3775 , IC 3779 .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 10, 1904 .