IC 3968
| Galaxy IC 3968 |
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| 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 25.5 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 58 ′ 24 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.40 'x 0.2' |
| Position angle | 45 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
Abell 1656 NGC 4874 group |
| Redshift | 0.020387 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 6112 ± 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(274 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (83.9 ± 5.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Hermann Albert Kobold |
| Discovery date | April 22, 1895 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3968 • PGC 44598 • 2MASX J12592544 + 2758238 • GALEX ASC J125925.52 + 275824.4 • 2MASS J12592546 + 2758236 | |
IC 3968 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 274 million light-years from the Milky Way , about 30,000 ly in diameter, and a member of the Coma Galaxy Cluster .
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4864 , NGC 4867 , NGC 4871 , NGC 4873 .
The object was discovered by Hermann Kobold on April 22, 1895 .