IC 3888
| Galaxy IC 3888 |
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![IC 3888 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:IC3888_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| IC 3888 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 54 m 46.365 s |
| declination | + 39 ° 34 ′ 16.56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.00 'x 0.2' |
| Position angle | 50 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.032245 ± 0.000176 |
| Radial velocity | 9667 ± 53 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(434 ± 30) · 10 6 ly (133.1 ± 9.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 21, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3888 • PGC 43956 • MCG + 07-27-003 • 2MASX J12544637 + 3934165 • 2MASS J12544637 + 3934162 • NSA 89917 • SIP 520-1 | |
IC 3888 is a lens-shaped galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is an estimated 434 million light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 3892 , IC 3895 , IC 3897 , IC 3920 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 21, 1903 .