IC 359
| Galaxy IC 359 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | bull |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 12 m 28.3 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 42 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E-S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.30 × 1.3 |
| Surface brightness | 14.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013519 +/- 0.000157 |
| Radial velocity | 4053 +/- 47 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(183 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (56.0 ± 4.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | December 25, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 359 • UGC 2980 • PGC 14653 • CGCG 508-008 • MCG + 05-10-009 • 2MASX J04122834 + 2742065 • LDCE 0290 NED002 | |
IC 359 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type e-S0 in the constellation Taurus on the ecliptic , the estimated 183 million light-years from the Milky Way remote is.
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on December 25, 1891 .