IC 3779
| Galaxy IC 3779 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 47 m 20.6 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 09 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | dE5: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.70 '× 0.4' |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.003855 ± 0.000058 |
| Radial velocity | 1156 ± 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(50 ± 4) x 10 6 ly (15.2 ± 1.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal H. Frost |
| Discovery date | May 10, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3779 • PGC 43154 • CGCG 071-041 • 2MASX J12472028 + 1209595 • VCC 2050 • GALEX ASC J124720.55 + 120958.1 • USGC U490 NED26 • EVCC 1163 | |
IC 3779 is an elliptical dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type dE in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 50 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 10,000 light-years across. She is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 2050 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 815 , IC 3756 , IC 3760 , IC 3775 .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 10, 1904 .