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IC 3973

AGN Candidate SIMBAD AG? 114 papers

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Right ascension: 12h 59m 30.82s
Declination: +27° 53′ 03.1″
Galactic l, b: 56.283, 88.06
Magnitude V: 14.03
Redshift z: 0.01571
Radial velocity: 4,672.7 km/s
Proper motion: -0.367, 1.981 mas/yr
Angular size: 0.8268′ × 0.5165′

Also known as

30 identifiers

2CXO J125930.8+2753022MASX J12593079+2753028AGC 221301[BO85] Coma 49CAIRNS J125930.80+275303.0[D80] ACO 1656 103DELS 8000486267000087ECO 3819Gaia DR2 1460803834335826688Gaia DR3 1460803834335826688GIN 761GMP 3400GP 502IC 3973LEDA 44612MPMM 128NFP J125930.8+275303SDSS J125930.82+275303.1UZC J125930.8+275304WISEA J125930.82+275303.1Z 1257.1+2809Z 160-228Z 160-A19[CNM2001] 137[CRS93] 68[DFO95] 241[EDG2007] 23[HVH2010] Comai J125930.825+275303.42[MHR2010] 194.8784+27.8842[OSR2002] b057

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
SDSS J125927.22+275256.9	Galaxy	48.12″	20.35
[ARF2020] COMA 22 4680	LowSurfBrghtG	63.01″	20.57
[ARF2020] COMA 22 7137	LowSurfBrghtG	72.97″	21.54
LEDA 126789	GtowardsCl	83.64″	17.13
LEDA 2816216	AGN Candidate	94.75″	16.37
LEDA 44637	AGN Candidate	98.05″	18.14
GMP 3336	GtowardsCl	98.94″	—
SDSS J125930.62+275123.3	LowSurfBrghtG	99.82″	21.05
[BKY2023] 739	LowSurfBrghtG	101″	—
CAIRNS J125923.83+275349.0	GtowardsCl	102.9″	18.74
CAIRNS J125935.95+275421.4	GtowardsCl	103.7″	18.34

Provenance

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ic-3973 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.