IC 3963
| Galaxy IC 3963 |
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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 13.5 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 46 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.70 '× 0.3' |
| Position angle | 85 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
Abell 1656 WBL 426-064 |
| Redshift | 0.022846 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 6849 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(307 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (94.0 ± 6.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Hermann Kobold |
| Discovery date | May 12, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3963 • PGC 44567 • CGCG 160-220 • MCG + 05-31-061 • 2MASX J12591348 + 2746289 • GALEX ASC J125913.43 + 274628.3 | |
IC 3963 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 307 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 ly in diameter. The galaxy is considered a member of the Coma galaxy cluster Abell 1656 .
The galaxies IC 3947 , IC 3957 , IC 3959 , IC 3960 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Hermann Kobold on May 12, 1896 .