IC 3760
Galaxy IC 3760 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Virgin |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 12 h 46 m 18.2 s |
declination | + 11 ° 52 ′ 25 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S0 |
Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.30 × 0.2 |
Position angle | 100 ° |
Surface brightness | 11.5 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | (44885 ± 170) · 10 −6 |
Radial velocity | 13,456 +/- 51 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(599 ± 42) x 10 6 ly (183.7 ± 12.9) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Royal Harwood Frost |
Discovery date | May 10, 1904 |
Catalog names | |
IC 3760 • PGC 43076 • CGCG 071-035 NED01 • MCG + 02-33-014 • 2MASX J12461822 + 1152249 • GALEX ASC J124618.21 + 115224.7 |
IC 3760 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 599 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 50,000 ly. The galaxies IC 815 , IC 3756 and IC 3760 probably form a gravitationally bound trio.
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 10, 1904 .