IC 3246

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IC 3246
IC3246 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of IC 3246
Observation data
Constellation Virgo
Right ascension 185.82 degree
Declination 13.05 degree
Redshift 0.08262 0.00002
Heliocentric radial velocity 24,925 km/s
Distance 1.129 Gly (346.16 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude  (V)18.8093
Surface brightness 23.6 mag/arcsec
Characteristics
Type Sb
Other designations
PGC 40202, 2MASX J12231716+1303069, SDSS J122317.14+130306.5, VPC 0272, SPIDER J185.82146+13.05184, [DCY96] 113, LEDA 40202

IC 3246 known as PGC 40202, is a barred spiral galaxy with a ring [1] located in the Virgo constellation. [2] It is situated 1.13 billion light-years away [3] from the Solar System and was discovered by Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann on September 14, 1900. [4] IC 3246 has a surface brightness of 23.6 magnitude/arc seconds [5] and located at right ascension (12hr 23min 17.15sec) and declination (+13 degrees 0.3' 7.3") respectively. [6]

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