IC 377
| Galaxy IC 377 |
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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 31 m 16.5 s |
| declination | -12 ° 27 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 × 0.9 |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 496 |
| Redshift | 0.030768 +/- 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | 9224 +/- 23 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(408 ± 29) x 10 6 ly (125.0 ± 8.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stephane Javelle |
| Discovery date | October 14, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 377 • PGC 15366 • MCG -02-12-031 • 2MASX J04311652-1227182 • LDCE 308 NED011 • NVSS J043116-122720 | |
IC 377 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 408 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 110,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 375 , IC 376 , IC 378 , IC 380 .
The object was discovered on October 14, 1891 by Stéphane Javelle .
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Attention: The sort key “IC 0377” overwrites the previously used key “IC0377”.