IC 331
| Galaxy IC 331 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | bull |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 32 m 19.1 s |
| declination | + 00 ° 16 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023133 +/- 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 6935 +/- 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(309 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (94.7 ± 6.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | 4th December 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 331 • PGC 13119 • CGCG 391-005 • KUG + 00-10-003 • 2MASX J03321908 + 0016567 • LEDA 13119 • GALEX ASC J033219.02 + 001655.5 | |
IC 331 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Taurus on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 309 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies IC 329 and IC 330 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 4, 1891 .
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Attention: The sorting key "IC 0331" overwrites the previously used key "IC0331".