IC 340

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Galaxy
IC 340
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Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED)
  2. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : IC 340
  3. ↑ Simbad
  4. ↑ Seligman

Attention: The sorting key "IC 0340" overwrites the previously used key "IC0340".