IC 3907

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Galaxy
IC 3907
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Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 56 m 18.183 s
declination + 18 ° 47 ′ 02.48 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S.  
Brightness  (visual) 16.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 17.0 likes
Angular expansion 0.20 '× 0.1'
Position angle 0 °
Surface brightness 11.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.064535  
Radial velocity 19,347 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(864 ± 60)  ·  10 6  ly
(264.8 ± 18.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery Max Wolf
Discovery date January 27, 1904
Catalog names
IC  3907 • GALEX ASC J125618.22 + 184701.9 • SDSS J125618.17 + 184702.3 • WISEA J125618.18 + 184702.2 • ASK 657981.0

IC 3907 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Berenices Comae the northern sky , an estimated 864 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center. In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 3873 , IC 3876 , IC 3886 , IC 3924 .

The object was discovered by Max Wolf on January 27, 1904 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 3907
  3. Seligman