IC 332

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Galaxy
IC 332
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Constellation bull
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 32 m 37.4 s
declination + 01 ° 22 ′ 57 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R) SAB (rs) 0 / a:  
Brightness  (visual) 13.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.6 mag
Angular expansion 0.9 ′ × 0.5 ′
Position angle 42 °
Surface brightness 12.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.031035 +/- 0.000110  
Radial velocity 9304 +/- 33 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(415 ± 29)  x  10 6  ly
(127.2 ± 8.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date December 29, 1893
Catalog names
IC  332 • PGC  13137 • CGCG  391-006 • MCG  + 00-10-004 • 2MASX  J03323745 + 0122569 • GALEX ASC J033237.33 + 012256.6

IC 332 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Taurus on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 415 million light years from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 29, 1893 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 332
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key “IC 0332” overwrites the previously used key “IC0332”.