IC 3895

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Galaxy
IC 3895
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IC 3895 & IC 3892 [1]
IC 3895 & IC 3892
AladinLite
Constellation Hunting dogs
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 55 m 09.226 s
declination + 39 ° 12 ′ 11.65 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sc  
Brightness  (visual) 14.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.3 mag
Angular expansion 0.80 'x 0.8'
Surface brightness 13.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.024374 ± 0.000165  
Radial velocity 7307 ± 49 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(329 ± 23)  x  10 6  ly
(100.8 ± 7.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Max Wolf
Discovery date March 21, 1903
Catalog names
IC  3895 • PGC  44010 • CGCG  217-003 • MCG  + 07-27-006 • KUG  1252 + 394 • 2MASX  J12550918 + 3912113 • 2MASS J12550924 + 3912115 • KPG 360B • HOLM 487A • NSA 162584

IC 3895 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 329 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter. Together with IC 3892 it forms the (optical) galaxy pair Holm 487 or KPG 360 .

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 3879 , IC 3888 , IC 3893 , IC 3897 .

The Type Ia supernova NAME AT 2016ccl was observed here.

The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 21, 1903 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e SEDS : IC 3895
  4. ↑ Simbad
  5. ↑ Seligman