IC 3960
| Galaxy IC 3960 |
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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 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 |
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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 .