IC 3370
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| IC 3370 | |
|---|---|
 IC 3370 imaged by Legacy Surveys | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Centaurus |
| Right ascension | 12h 27m 37.3283s[1] |
| Declination | −39° 20′ 15.985″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.009773 ± 0.000080[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 2,930 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 156 Mly (47.61 ± 3.37 Mpc)[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.9 |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 11.9 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E2-3[1] |
| Size | 68.08 kiloparsecs (222,000 light-years) (diameter; 2MASS K-band total isophote)[1] |
| Other designations | |
| ESO 322-G014, PGC 40887, IRAS F12249-3903, AM 1224-390, MCG -06-27-029[1] | |
IC 3370 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation of Centaurus. It is located 156 million light-years from Earth.[1] It was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift on 30 January 1898.[2][3] According to the SIMBAD database, IC 3370 is said to be a LINER galaxy but also a Seyfert type II galaxy.[4] The luminosity of the galaxy is estimated to have a B magnitude of -22.3, similar to other elliptical galaxies.[5]
IC 3370 is classified as an E2-E3 elliptical galaxy with a bright nucleus.[6] The galaxy has a box-shaped appearance similar to LEDA 74886,[7][8] although some studies classified it as a peculiar lenticular galaxy (S0pec).[6] It has isophotal twisting in its galactic bulge to a significant extent between 0 and 70 arcseconds, indicating the galaxy might have gone through a tidal-encounter or a galaxy merger.[9] There are also dust patches covering most of the nuclear regions in the galaxy with signatures of X-ray isotopes and cylindrical rotation.[10][7][11] The inner disk of the galaxy is shown to be rotating at speeds of 100 km s−1.[8] It has a dust lane running through the galaxy's central region.[12]
