IC 3955
| Galaxy IC 3955 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| 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 06.0 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 59 ′ 48 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.40 × 0.2 |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1656 |
| Redshift | 0.025611 +/- 0.000019 |
| Radial velocity | 7678 +/- 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(344 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (105.4 ± 7.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Hermann Albert Kobold |
| Discovery date | April 22, 1895 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3955 • PGC 44544 • CGCG 160-216 • 2MASX J12590603 + 2759479 • 2XMM J125906.0 + 275945 | |
IC 3955 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 344 million light-years from the Milky Way , about 40,000 ly in diameter, and a member of the Coma Galaxy Cluster .
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4864 , NGC 4865 , NGC 4867 , IC 3968 , among others .
The object was discovered by Hermann Kobold on April 22, 1895 .