Cosmic Atlas object record

IC 3998

IC 3998, SIMBAD IC 3998, SIMBAD OID 2031028

IC 3998
Type illustration; curated media not supplied
Object type
galaxy
Constellation
Not supplied by the source catalog
Right ascension
194.94492123013998°
Declination
27.97385772552°
Reference frame
Not supplied by the source catalog
Distance
449821123.671384 ly
Distance kind
Not supplied by the source catalog
Uncertainty
Not supplied by the source catalog
Apparent magnitude
Not supplied by the source catalog
Catalog source
simbad_tap
Catalog epoch
Not supplied by the source catalog
Position epoch
Not supplied by the source catalog
Selection caveat
Not supplied by the source catalog
Cosmology
Not supplied by the source catalog

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