IC 318

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Galaxy
IC 318
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Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 20 m 43.8 s
declination -14 ° 34 ′ 06 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sbc  
Brightness  (visual) 13.9 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.7 mag
Angular expansion 0.9 ′ × 0.3 ′
Position angle 138 °
Surface brightness 12.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.030611 ± 0.000090  
Radial velocity 9177 ± 27 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(407 ± 29)  x  10 6  ly
(124.9 ± 8.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date December 1, 1891
Catalog names
IC  318 • PGC  12532 • MCG  -03-09-023 • IRAS  03183-1444 • 2MASX  J03204383-1434053 • GALEX ASC J032043.72-143405.5 • LDCE 241 NED002

IC 318 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 407 million light years from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years across .
In the same region of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1290 , NGC 1295 , NGC 1309 .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 1, 1891 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED)
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 318
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key “IC 0318” overwrites the previously used key “IC0318”.