IC 3871
| Galaxy IC 3871 |
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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 25.7 s |
| declination | + 18 ° 55 ′ 45 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1638 |
| Redshift | 0.064800 |
| Radial velocity | 19427 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(867 ± 61) · 10 6 ly (265.9 ± 18.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | January 27, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3871 • PGC 3798192 • 2MASX J12542568 + 1855446 • GALEX ASC J125425.55 + 185544.5 | |
IC 3871 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky . It is estimated to be 867 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 3867 , IC 3869 , IC 3872 , IC 3873 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on January 27, 1904 .