IC 321
Galaxy IC 321 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Eridanus |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 03 h 24 m 29.6 s |
declination | -14 ° 59 ′ 08 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S. |
Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.031088 ± 0.000120 |
Radial velocity | 9320 ± 36 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(414 ± 29) · 10 6 ly (126.8 ± 8.9) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
Discovery date | December 7, 1891 |
Catalog names | |
IC 321 • PGC 12742 • MCG -03-09-035 • 2MASX J03242964-1459076 • GALEX ASC J032429.58-145908.8 • LDCE 241 NED003 |
IC 321 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Eridanus south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 414 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxy NGC 1309 is in the same region of the sky .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 7, 1891 .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0321” overwrites the previously used key “IC0321”.