IC 3940
| Galaxy IC 3940 |
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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 58 m 16.5 s |
| declination | + 35 ° 50 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | C. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 140 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.037302 +/- 0.000053 |
| Radial velocity | 11,183 +/- 16 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(501 ± 35) x 10 6 ly (153.7 ± 10.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 21, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3940 • PGC 44429 • IRAS 12559 + 3606 • KUG 1255 + 361 • 2MASX J12581646 + 3550195 • 2MASS J12581647 + 3550197 | |
IC 3940 is a compact galaxy of Hubble type C in the constellation Canes Venatici the northern sky . It is estimated to be 500 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 60,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4846 , IC 3966 , IC 3967 , IC 4028 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 21, 1903 .