IC 3874
| Galaxy IC 3874 |
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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 34.4 s |
| declination | + 18 ° 57 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1638 |
| Redshift | 0.062520 +/- 0.000370 |
| Radial velocity | 18,743 +/- 111 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(837 ± 59) x 10 6 ly (256.5 ± 18.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | January 27, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3874 • PGC 87473 • 2MASX J12543443 + 1857246 • LEDA 87473 • 2MASS J12543441 + 1857251 | |
IC 3874 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky . It is estimated to be 837 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 3867 , IC 3869 , IC 3871 , IC 3872 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on January 27, 1904 .