IC 340
Galaxy IC 340 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Eridanus |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 03 h 39 m 29.1 s |
declination | -13 ° 06 ′ 54 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S0 ^ 0 ^: |
Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
Position angle | 90 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.013856 ± 0.000027 |
Radial velocity | 4154 ± 8 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(183 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (56.0 ± 3.9) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
Discovery date | January 1, 1894 |
Catalog names | |
IC 340 • PGC 13464 • MCG -02-10-005 • 2MASX J03392911-1306544 • GALEX ASC J033928.96-130653.7 |
IC 340 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Eridanus south of the celestial equator . It is an estimated 183 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxy NGC 1421 is located in the same region of the sky .
The Type Ic supernova SN 2002jj was observed here.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on January 1, 1894 .
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Attention: The sorting key "IC 0340" overwrites the previously used key "IC0340".