IC 3760
| Galaxy IC 3760 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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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 |
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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 .