IC 3772
| Galaxy IC 3772 |
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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 46 m 56.1 s |
| declination | + 36 ° 31 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.70 '× 0.4' |
| Position angle | 75 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.040522 ± 0.000094 |
| Radial velocity | (12,148 ± 28) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(544 ± 38) · 10 6 Lj (166.9 ± 11.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 21, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3772 • PGC 43123 • CGCG 188-020 • MCG + 06-28-028 • IRAS 12445 + 3648 • 2MASX J12465609 + 3631510 • GALEX ASC J124656.10 + 363152.3 • NSA 162402 | |
IC 3772 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Canes Venatici the northern sky . It is an estimated 544 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4662 , IC 3774 , IC 3800 , IC 3809 .
The Type Ia supernova SN 2006su was observed here.
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 21, 1903 .