IC 366
| Galaxy IC 366 |
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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 19 m 41.5 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 21 ′ 35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.30 × 0.2 |
| Position angle | 15 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012462 ± 0.000197 |
| Radial velocity | 3736 ± 59 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(165 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (50.5 ± 3.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Sherburne W. Burnham |
| Discovery date | October 5, 1890 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 366 • PGC 14887 • CGCG 393-002 • 2MASX J04194152 + 0221355 • GALEX ASC J041941.35 + 022135.2 • LDCE 297 NED013 | |
IC 366 is an elliptical dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type E3 in the constellation Taurus on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 165 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 15,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1550 , IC 363 , IC 364 , IC 365 , among others .
The object was discovered on October 5, 1890 by the American astronomer Sherburne Wesley Burnham .