IC 334
| Galaxy IC 334 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | giraffe |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 45 m 17.1 s |
| declination | + 76 ° 38 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.50 × 2.1 |
| Position angle | 51 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008459 +/- 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 2536 +/- 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(120 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (36.9 ± 2.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William F. Denning |
| Discovery date | September 30, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 334 • UGC 2824 • PGC 13759 • CGCG 346-006 • MCG + 13-03-007 • 2MASX J03451709 + 7638177 • | |
IC 334 is an irregular galaxy of Hubble type Irr / P in the constellation Giraffe at the northern sky , the estimated 120 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center.
The object was discovered on September 30, 1891 by William Frederick Denning .