IC 376
Galaxy IC 376 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Eridanus |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 04 h 31 m 13.8 s |
declination | -12 ° 26 ′ 00 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S. |
Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.60 × 0.4 |
Position angle | 60 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | ABELL 496 |
Redshift | 0.032239 +/- 0.000070 |
Radial velocity | 9665 +/- 21 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(427 ± 30) · 10 6 ly (131.0 ± 9.2) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Stephane Javelle |
Discovery date | October 14, 1891 |
Catalog names | |
IC 376 • PGC 952848 • 2MASX J04311379-1226002 • 2MASS J04311379-1226000 • LEDA 952848 |
IC 376 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 427 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 75,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 375 , IC 377 , IC 378 , IC 380 .
The object was discovered on October 14, 1891 by Stéphane Javelle .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0376” overwrites the previously used key “IC0376”.