IC 356
Galaxy IC 356 |
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Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | giraffe |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 04 h 07 m 46.9 s |
declination | + 69 ° 48 ′ 45 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SA (s) from pec |
Brightness (visual) | 10.6 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 11.4 mag |
Angular expansion | 5.90 x 3.9 |
Position angle | 105 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.002985 ± 0.000003 |
Radial velocity | (895 ± 1) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(46 ± 3) · 10 6 ly (14.2 ± 1) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Edward Emerson Barnard |
Discovery date | August 23, 1889 |
Catalog names | |
IC 356 • UGC 2953 • PGC 14508 • CGCG 327-015 • MCG + 12-04-011 • IRAS 04025 + 6940 • 2MASX J04074690 + 6948447 • Arp 213 • LDCE 0246 NED030 |
IC 356 = Arp 213 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb / P in the constellation Giraffe in the northern sky . It is around 46 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 55,000 light years . Halton Arp organized his catalog of unusual galaxies into groups according to purely morphological criteria. This galaxy belongs to the class galaxies with irregularities, absorption and resolution .
The property was discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard in 1889 .
See also
Web links
literature
- Jeff Kanipe and Dennis Webb: The Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies - A Chronicle and Observer's Guide , Richmond 2006, ISBN 978-0-943396-76-7
Individual evidence
Attention: The sorting key “IC 0356” overwrites the previously used key “IC0356”.