IC 3993
| Galaxy IC 3993 |
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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 30.5 s |
| declination | + 40 ° 36 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.065652 +/- 0.000123 |
| Radial velocity | 19,682 +/- 37 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(882 ± 62) · 10 6 Lj (270.4 ± 18.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 21, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3993 • PGC 3088024 • IRAS F12571 + 4052 • 2MASX J12593044 + 4036060 • | |
IC 3993 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBcd in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 882 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 75,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 3928 , IC 4018 , IC 4035 , IC 4060 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 21, 1903 .