IC 346

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Galaxy
IC 346
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Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 41 m 44.6 s
declination -18 ° 16 ′ 01 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (r'l) 0 ^ +  
Brightness  (B-band) 13.97 likes
Angular expansion 2 ′ × 1.3 ′
Physical data
Affiliation LGG 100  
Redshift 0.006955 ± 0.000103  
Radial velocity 2085 ± 31 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(89 ± 7)  x  10 6  ly
(27.4 ± 2.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery Frank Muller
Discovery date October 21, 1887
Catalog names
IC  346 • PGC  13575 • ESO  548- G078 • MCG  -03-10-035 • 2MASX  J03414466-1816014 • LDCE 0251 NED042

IC 346 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 89 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Frank Muller on October 21, 1887 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f g NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key "IC 0346" overwrites the previously used key "IC0346".