IC 3960

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Galaxy
IC 3960
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 59 m 07.9 s
declination + 27 ° 51 ′ 18 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB0 / AGN  
Brightness  (visual) 14.9 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.9 mag
Angular expansion 0.40 'x 0.4'
Surface brightness 12.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Abell 1656  
Redshift 0.022089 ± 0.000033  
Radial velocity 6622 ± 10 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(296 ± 21)  x  10 6  ly
(90.9 ± 6.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Hermann Kobold
Discovery date May 12, 1896
Catalog names
IC  3960 • PGC  44551 • CGCG  160-219 • MCG  + 05-31-055 • 2MASX  J12590791 + 2751179 •

IC 3960 is a lenticular galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is an estimated 296 million light-years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 35,000 ly. The galaxy is considered a member of the Coma galaxy cluster Abell 1656 .
The galaxies IC 3946 , IC 3949 , IC 3959 , IC 3963 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered by Hermann Kobold on May 12, 1896 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : 3960
  3. Seligman