IC 3913
Galaxy IC 3913 |
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IC 3913 with SDSS J125636.81 + 271709.4 (l), SDSS J125633.18 + 271818.5 & SDSS J125632.83 + 271810.5 (lo) | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Berenike's hair |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 12 h 56 m 28.573 s |
declination | + 27 ° 17 ′ 28.61 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sc |
Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.70 'x 0.6' |
Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | Abell 1656 WBL 426 |
Redshift | 0.025101 ± 0.000020 |
Radial velocity | 7525 ± 6 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(337 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (103.2 ± 7.2) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
Discovery date | June 25, 1903 |
Catalog names | |
IC 3913 • CGCG 160-026 • MCG + 05-31-012 • KUG 1254 + 275 • 2MASX J12562853 + 2717280 • GALEX ASC J125628.56 + 271729.7 • USGC U508 NED115 • NSA 103635 |
IC 3913 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky . It is an estimated 337 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years across. The galaxy is considered a member of the Coma galaxy cluster Abell 1656 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4819 , NGC 4827 , NGC 4839 , IC 3900 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on June 25, 1903 .