IC 344
Galaxy IC 344 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Eridanus |
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 |
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 .