IC 3967
| Galaxy IC 3967 |
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| 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 12.9 s |
| declination | + 36 ° 07 ′ 45 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 36 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027682 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 8299 ± 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(372 ± 26) x 10 6 ly (114.2 ± 8.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 21, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3967 • PGC 44561 • CGCG 189-007 • MCG + 06-29-005 • 2MASX J12591294 + 3607460 • 2MASS J12591288 + 3607454 • KIG 561 | |
IC 3967 is a lenticular galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 372 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 45,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 3940 , IC 3966 , IC 4028 , IC 4049 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 21, 1903 .