IC 34
| Galaxy IC 34 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 35 m 36.4 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 07 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.4 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 156 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017806 +/- 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | (5338 +/- 7) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(244 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (74.7 ± 5.2) Mpc |
| diameter | 220,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Truman Henry Safford |
| Discovery date | October 22, 1867 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 34 • UGC 351 • PGC 2134 • CGCG 409-044 • MCG + 01-02-032 • 2MASX J00353642 + 0907272 • LDCE 30 NED003 | |
IC 34 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 244 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 170,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 180 .
The object was discovered by Truman Henry Safford on October 22, 1867 .