IC 3

Compact elliptical galaxy in the constellation of Pisces

IC 3
SDSS image of IC 3.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pisces
Right ascension	00^h 12^m 06.1^s^[1]
Declination	−00° 24′ 55″^[1]
Redshift	0.018130^[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5435 km/s^[1]
Distance	228,992,400 ly
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.7^[1]
Characteristics
Type	E0^[1]
Size	~ 72,188.06 ly
Apparent size (V)	0.4 x 0.3^[1]
Other designations
CGCG 382-32, MCG 0-1-38, NPM1G -00.0003, PGC 836^[1]

IC 3 is a compact elliptical galaxy located approximately 228 million light-years away^[2] in the constellation of Pisces.^[3] The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Stéphane Javelle on August 27, 1892.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for IC 3. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
^ Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy IC 3 - Galaxy in Pisces Constellation · Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Archived from the original on 2017-08-21. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
^ "Index Catalog Objects: IC 1 - 49". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-08-20.

Constellation of Pisces

Stars

Bayer	α (Alrescha) β (Fumalsamakah) γ δ ε ζ (Revati) η (Alpherg) θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο (Torcular) π ρ σ τ υ φ χ ψ¹ ψ² ψ³ ω
Flamsteed	1 2 3 5 (A) 7 (b) 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 29 30 31 32 (c) 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 (d) 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 51 52 53 54 55 57 58 59 60 61 62 64 65 (i) 66 67 (k) 68 (h) 70 72 73 75 76 77 78 80 (e) 82 (g) 87 88 89 (f) 91 (l) 92 94 95 96 97 100 101 103 104 105 107 109 112 4 Cet 5 Cet
Variable	RZ SZ TX (19) UV VY (3 Ari) VZ AR BR DV GU
HR	2 107 222 8734
HD	3167 4203 4313 8574 (Bélénos) 9986 217107 217786 218566 (Ebla)
Other	G 29-38 GJ 9827 IC 3 2MASS 0036+1821 NGC 33 NGC 46 NGC 316 NGC 400 NGC 401 NGC 402 NGC 408 NGC 730 SIMP J013656.5+093347 van Maanen 2 WASP-32 (Parumleo) WASP-76

Exoplanets	HD 3167 b HD 4203 b c HD 4313 b HD 8574 b (Bélisama) HD 217107 b c HD 217786 b c HD 218566 b (Ugarit) γ Piscium b GU Piscium b 54 Piscium b WASP-76b

Galaxies

Messier	74
NGC	3 12 36 38 57 60 63 75 78 95 99 100 105 106 125 126 127 128 130 137 138 139 141 164 180 182 186 190 193 194 198 199 200 202 203 204 208 213 234 236 240 250 251 257 266 282 287 296 311 313 315 316 318 326 332 338 354 370 372 373 374 375 379 380 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 390 392 394 396 397 398 399 400 401 403 407 410 414 420 437 443 444 446 447 449 452 455 459 462 463 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 479 483 485 486 488 489 490 492 493 494 495 496 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 511 514 515 516 517 518 520 522 524 525 532 575 606 645 656 660 665 676 706 741 766 7459 7499 7501 7503 7537 7541 7544 7583 7603 7679 7682 7714 7816 7835 7837 7838 7840
Other	Andromeda II Andromeda XXII IC 64 IC 1682 KIDS J232940-34092 PGC 4789 Pisces A Pisces B Pisces Dwarf UGC 224 UGC 477 UGC 717 UGC 934