IC 370
| Galaxy IC 370 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 24 m 01.7 s |
| declination | -09 ° 23 ′ 41 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.40 x 1.1 |
| Position angle | 150 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.032429 ± 0.000062 |
| Radial velocity | (9722 ± 19) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(431 ± 30) · 10 6 Lj (132.0 ± 9.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | February 9, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 370 • PGC 15029 • MCG -02-12-011 • 2MASX J04240171-0923408 • LEDA 15029 | |
IC 370 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 431 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 180,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 1575 , among others .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on February 9, 1893 .