IC 344
| Galaxy IC 344 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 41 m 29.5 s |
| declination | -04 ° 39 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 × 0.4 |
| Position angle | 45 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018146 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 5440 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(241 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (73.9 ± 5.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 17, 1827 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 344 • PGC 13568 • MCG -01-10-020 • IRAS F03390-0449 • 2MASX J03412959-0439568 • NVSS J034128-043959 • USGC S131 NED02 | |
IC 344 is a faint bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Eridanus south of the celestial equator . It is an estimated 241 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years across .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1397 , NGC 1417 , NGC 1418 , NGC 1424 .
The Type Ia / P supernova SN 1991bj was observed here.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on October 17, 1827 .