IC 2377
| Galaxy IC 2377 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aft deck of the ship |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 26 m 26.1 s |
| declination | -13 ° 18 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) 0 / a / pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.70 '× 0.4' |
| Position angle | 36 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020161 ± 0.000120 |
| Radial velocity | 6044 ± 36 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(262 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (80.2 ± 5.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Herbert A. Howe |
| Discovery date | February 22, 1898 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2377 • MCG -02-22-015 • 2MASX J08262609-1318223 • 2MASS J08262607-1318220 • WISE A J082626.07-131822.0 • LDCE 574 NED003 | |
IC 2377 is a lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Puppis in the southern sky . It is around 262 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 60,000 light years . Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy trio together with IC 2375 and IC 2379 .
The object was discovered on February 22, 1898 by Herbert Alonzo Howe .