IC 3897
| Galaxy IC 3897 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 55 m 19.102 s |
| declination | + 39 ° 40 ′ 21.35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.30 'x 0.2' |
| Position angle | 15 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024826 ± 0.000095 |
| Radial velocity | 7443 ± 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(335 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (102.6 ± 7.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 21, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3897 • PGC 3088119 • 2MASS J12551909 + 3940213 • SDSS J125519.09 + 394021.6 • WISEA J125519.11 + 394021.7 • ASK 515001.0 • NSA 89916 | |
IC 3897 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Canes Venatici the northern sky . It is an estimated 335 million light years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 3888 , IC 3892 , IC 3895 , IC 3920 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 21, 1903 .