IC 374
| Galaxy IC 374 |
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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 32 m 32.7 s |
| declination | + 16 ° 38 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.80 × 0.4 |
| Position angle | 85 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013709 +/- 0.000107 |
| Radial velocity | 4110 +/- 32 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(183 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (56.1 ± 4.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Rudolf F. Spitaler |
| Discovery date | October 28, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 374 • PGC 15474 • CGCG 467-001 • MCG + 03-12-001 • 2MASX J04323273 + 1638031 • LEDA 15474 • LDCE 307 NED003 | |
IC 374 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S: in the constellation Taurus on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 183 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by Rudolf Spitaler on October 28, 1891 .