IC 352
| Galaxy IC 352 |
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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 47 m 37.4 s |
| declination | -08 ° 43 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.60 'x 0.4' |
| Position angle | 130 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.034397 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 10312 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(458 ± 32) · 10 6 ly (140.4 ± 9.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 7, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 352 • PGC 176624 • 2MASX J03473743-0843546 • GALEX ASC J034737.41-084355.6 • 2MASS J03473742-0843545 | |
IC 352 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E3 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 458 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 80,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1434 , NGC 1447 , NGC 1450 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 7, 1893 .
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