IC 3883
| Galaxy IC 3883 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 55 m 13.5 s |
| declination | -08 ° 07 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 12 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012802 +/- 0.000053 |
| Radial velocity | 3838 +/- 16 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(167 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (51.2 ± 3.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | July 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3883 • PGC 4016 • MCG -01-33-049 • IRAS 12526-0750 • 2MASX J12551352-0807110 • LEDA 44016 • LDCE 921 NED047 | |
IC 3883 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 167 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years in diameter .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4773 , NGC 4780 , NGC 4818 , IC 3908 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart in July 1899 .