IC 321
| Galaxy IC 321 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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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 |
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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”.