IC 3971
| Galaxy IC 3971 |
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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 31.8 s |
| declination | + 22 ° 50 ′ 41 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 16.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 17.0 likes |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.074957 |
| Radial velocity | 22472 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(1004 ± 70) · 10 6 Lj (307.8 ± 21.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | January 27, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3971 • PGC 44617 • KUG 1257 + 231 • 2MASX J12593176 + 2250411 • GALEX ASC J125931.76 + 225041.0 | |
IC 3971 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky , which is an estimated 1 billion light years away from the Milky Way .
The galaxies IC 3953 , IC 3994 , IC 4014 , IC 4017 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on January 27, 1904 .