IC 375

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Galaxy
IC 375
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Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 04 h 31 m 03.1 s
declination -12 ° 58 ′ 26 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sb  
Brightness  (visual) 14.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.8 mag
Angular expansion 0.90 × 0.6
Position angle 45 °
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation ABELL 496  
Redshift 0.035104 +/- 0.000073  
Radial velocity 10,524 +/- 22 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(466 ± 33)  ·  10 6  ly
(142.8 ± 10.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stephane Javelle
Discovery date October 13, 1891
Catalog names
IC  375 • PGC  88275 • 2MASX  J04310313-1258262 • LDCE 0308 NED009 • LEDA 088275 • 2MASS J04310315-1258264

IC 375 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 466 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 125,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies IC 376 , IC 377 , IC 378 , IC 380 .

The object was discovered on October 13, 1891 by Stéphane Javelle .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 375
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key “IC 0375” overwrites the previously used key “IC0375”.