IC 364

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Galaxy
IC 364
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Constellation bull
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 04 h 19 m 06.7 s
declination + 03 ° 11 ′ 20 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E.  
Brightness  (visual) 13.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.8 mag
Angular expansion 0.4 ′ × 0.2 ′
Position angle 80
Surface brightness 11.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.012882 +/- 0.000130  
Radial velocity 3862 +/- 39 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(171 ± 12)  ·  10 6  ly
(52.3 ± 3.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date January 6, 1894
Catalog names
IC  364 • PGC  014854 • CGCG  392-020 • 2MASX  J04190667 + 0311206 • GALEX ASC J041906.63 + 031120.0 • LDCE 297 NED010

IC 364 is an elliptical dwarf galaxy from the Hubble type E in the constellation Taurus on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 171 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 20,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 1550 , IC 363 , IC 365 , IC 366 .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on January 6, 1894 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 364
  3. Seligman