IC 178
| Galaxy IC 178 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 58 m 54.9 s |
| declination | + 36 ° 40 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 161 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016138 ± 0.000012 |
| Radial velocity | 4838 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(222 ± 16) · 10 6 ly (68.1 ± 4.8) Mpc |
| diameter | 65,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Truman Henry Safford |
| Discovery date | November 8, 1866 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 178 • UGC 1456 • PGC 7488 • CGCG 522-94 • MCG + 06-05-070 • IRAS 01559 + 3625 • LDCE 0115 NED039 | |
IC 178 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Andromeda on the northern sky . It is around 225 million light years away from the Milky Way and around 65,000 light years in diameter .
The object was discovered on November 8, 1866 by Truman Henry Safford .