IC 372
| Galaxy IC 372 |
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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 30 m 04.2 s |
| declination | -05 ° 00 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 35 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013996 +/- 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 4196 +/- 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(184 ± 13) x 10 6 ly (56.4 ± 4.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | February 11, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 372 • PGC 177340 • 2MASX J04300421-0500358 • LEDA 177340 • GALEX ASC J043004.31-050036.5 • LDCE 312 NED007 | |
IC 372 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 184 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a disk diameter of about 30,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1600 , NGC 1601 , NGC 1603 , IC 373 , among others .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on February 11, 1893 .
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Attention: The sort key “IC 0372” overwrites the previously used key “IC0372”.