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IC 3968

EmissionG SIMBAD EmG 63 papers

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Right ascension: 12h 59m 25.49s
Declination: +27° 58′ 23.6″
Galactic l, b: 58.906, 88.04
Magnitude V: 15.32
Redshift z: 0.02033
Radial velocity: 6,032.8 km/s
Angular size: 0.4284′ × 0.235′

Also known as

20 identifiers

2MASX J12592544+2758238AGC 221291[BO85] Coma 120CAIRNS J125925.69+275832.1CLU J125925.44+275823.5[D80] ACO 1656 157ECO 6155Gaia DR2 1460808438540770688Gaia DR3 1460808438540770688GMP 3484GP 534IC 3968[KK90] 162LEDA 44598MPMM 137NFP J125925.5+275824[RB67] 14SDSS J125925.48+275823.5[EDG2007] 77[OSR2002] b070

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
2MASX J12592529+2758048	GtowardsCl	19.1″	15.59
CAIRNS J125923.24+275854.9	GtowardsCl	43.64″	19.84
2MASX J12592136+2758248	GtowardsCl	53.99″	16.12
[EDG2007] 459	GtowardsCl	56.03″	19.02
LEDA 1822852	GtowardsCl	76.5″	17.13
LEDA 1822726	GtowardsCl	78.68″	17.7
NGC 4871	LINER	84.61″	14.07
LEDA 126792	GtowardsCl	84.89″	17.17
SN 2010ai	Supernova	86.24″	—
LEDA 44594	EmissionG	92.16″	15.87
ECO 11254	Galaxy	98.85″	17.45

Provenance

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ic-3968 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.