IC 3950
| Galaxy IC 3950 |
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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 59 m 06.1 s |
| declination | + 18 ° 44 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 16.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 155 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.063817 |
| Radial velocity | 19132 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(854 ± 60) · 10 6 Lj (261.9 ± 18.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | January 27, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3950 • PGC 3090103 • KUG 1256 + 190 • 2MASX J12590615 + 1844077 • LEDA 3090103 • GALEX ASC J125906.09 + 184408.8 | |
IC 3950 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky , an estimated 854 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center.
The galaxies IC 3938 , IC 3939 , IC 3951 , IC 3965 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on January 27, 1904 .