IC 3951
| Galaxy IC 3951 |
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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 10.2 s |
| declination | + 18 ° 45 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 16.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 17.0 likes |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 155 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.064653 |
| Radial velocity | 19382 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(865 ± 61) · 10 6 Lj (265.3 ± 18.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | January 27, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3951 • PGC 3090104 • KUG 1256 + 190B • 2MASX J12591016 + 1845507 • LEDA 3090104 • GALEX ASC J125910.20 + 184551.5 | |
IC 3951 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky , an estimated 865 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center.
The galaxies IC 3938 , IC 3939 , IC 3950 , IC 3965 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on January 27, 1904 .