IC 373

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Galaxy
IC 373
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 04 h 30 m 42.7 s
declination -04 ° 52 ′ 13 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R) SB (rs) 0 +  
Brightness  (visual) 13.9 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.9 mag
Angular expansion 1.40 × 0.9
Position angle 100 °
Surface brightness 14.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.013373 ± 0.000033  
Radial velocity 4009 ± 10 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(176 ± 12)  ·  10 6  ly
(53.9 ± 3.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date February 11, 1893
Catalog names
IC  373 • PGC  15335 • MCG  -01-12-013 • 2MASX  J04304279-0452129 • GALEX ASC J043042.91-045213.5 • LDCE 312 NED008

IC 373 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 176 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 75,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 1600 , NGC 1601 , NGC 1603 , IC 372 .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on February 11, 1893 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 373
  3. Seligman