IC 3758
| Galaxy IC 3758 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 45 m 59.7 s |
| declination | + 40 ° 46 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.40 'x 0.4' |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024093 ± 0.000143 |
| Radial velocity | 7223 ± 43 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(325 ± 23) · 10 6 ly (99.6 ± 7.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 21, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3758 • PGC 43046 • CGCG 216-026 • KUG 1243 + 410B • 2MASX J12455970 + 4046289 • GALEX ASC J124559.71 + 404631.2 | |
IC 3758 is an elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 325 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 3723 , IC 3726 , IC 3778 , IC 3783 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 21, 1903 .