IC 3943
| Galaxy IC 3943 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 58 m 36.3 s |
| declination | + 28 ° 06 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.60 × 0.2 |
| Position angle | 50 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1656 |
| Redshift | 0.022646 +/- 0.000040 |
| Radial velocity | 6789 +/- 12 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(304 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (93.2 ± 6.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Hermann Albert Kobold |
| Discovery date | May 28, 1895 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3943 • PGC 44485 • CGCG 160-069 • 2MASX J12583636 + 2806497 • GALEX ASC J125836.48 + 280650.8 | |
IC 3943 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is an estimated 304 million light-years away from the Milky Way , about 50,000 ly in diameter, and is a member of the Coma Galaxy Cluster .
The galaxies NGC 4851 , NGC 4858 , NGC 4860 , IC 839 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Hermann Kobold on May 28, 1895 .