IC 32
| Galaxy IC 32 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 35 m 01.7 s |
| declination | -02 ° 08 ′ 30 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.055115 +/- 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | 16523 +/- 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(742 ± 52) x 10 6 ly (227.5 ± 15.9) Mpc |
| diameter | 105,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | November 6, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 32 • PGC 2096 • MCG + 00-02-080 • 2MASX J00350169-0208294 • | |
IC 32 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S in the constellation Whale in the southern sky . It is around 742 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 105,000 light years .
Because of their nearly identical distance and direction, IC 32 and IC 33 could be a gravitationally bound pair .
The object was discovered on November 6, 1891 by Stéphane Javelle .