IC 313

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Galaxy
IC 313
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Perseus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 20 m 57.9 s
declination + 41 ° 53 ′ 38 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E +:  
Brightness  (visual) 14.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.1 mag
Angular expansion 0.9 ′ × 0.8 ′
Surface brightness 13.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Abell 426
LGG 87  
Redshift 0.014784 ± 0.000037  
Radial velocity 4432 ± 11 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(203 ± 14)  ·  10 6  ly
(62.1 ± 4.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date September 14, 1888
Catalog names
IC  313 • UGC  2682 • PGC  12558 • CGCG  540-111 • MCG  + 07-07-073 • 2MASX  J03205786 + 4153377 • GALEX ASC J032057.95 + 415336.9 • LDCE 224 NED216

IC 313 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E1 in the constellation Perseus the northern sky . It is an estimated 203 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light years in diameter .
In the same region of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1276 , NGC 1277 , NGC 1278 , IC 316 .

The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on September 14, 1888 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 313
  3. ^ VizieR
  4. Seligman