IC 3869
| Galaxy IC 3869 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 54 m 21.3 s |
| declination | + 18 ° 58 ′ 17 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 16.8 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 17.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 60 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.063120 ± 0.000700 |
| Radial velocity | 18923 ± 210 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(845 ± 60) · 10 6 Lj (259.0 ± 18.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | January 27, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3869 • PGC 87472 • 2MASX J12542125 + 1858176 • LEDA 87472 | |
IC 3869 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky . It is estimated to be 845 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 3864 , IC 3867 , IC 3868 , IC 3872 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on January 27, 1904 .