IC 3774

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Galaxy
IC 3774
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Hunting dogs
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 47 m 01.1 s
declination + 36 ° 17 ′ 18 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S.  
Brightness  (visual) 15.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.5 mag
Angular expansion 0.90 'x 0.4'
Position angle 110 °
Surface brightness 14.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.041495 ± 0.000094  
Radial velocity 12,440 ± 28 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(557 ± 39)  ·  10 6  Lj
(170.9 ± 12.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery Max Wolf
Discovery date March 21, 1903
Catalog names
IC  3774 • UGC  7947 • PGC  43117 • MCG  + 06-28-029 • 2MASX  J12470110 + 3617180 • GALEX ASC J124701.12 + 361717.3 • NSA 089995

IC 3774 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Canes Venatici the northern sky . It is estimated to be 557 million light years from the Milky Way and about 150,000 light years across.

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4687 , IC 3772 , IC 3800 , IC 3809 .

The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 21, 1903 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f g SEDS : IC 3774
  3. Seligman