IC 3966
| Galaxy IC 3966 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 59 m 13.1 s |
| declination | + 35 ° 51 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 3 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027819 ± 0.000060 |
| Radial velocity | 8340 ± 18 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(374 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (114.8 ± 8.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 21, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3966 • PGC 44565 • MCG + 06-29-007 • IRAS F12568 + 3607 • KUG 1256 + 361 • 2MASX J12591317 + 3551190 • SDSS J125913.12 + 355119.2 | |
IC 3966 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Canes Venatici on the northern sky . It is estimated to be 374 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 75,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 3967 , IC 3940 , IC 4028 , IC 4069 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 21, 1903 .