IC 378
| Galaxy IC 378 |
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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 27.9 s |
| declination | -12 ° 17 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.60 × 0.4 |
| Position angle | 80 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029587 +/- 0.000070 |
| Radial velocity | 8870 +/- 21 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(392 ± 27) x 10 6 ly (120.2 ± 8.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stephane Javelle |
| Discovery date | October 13, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 378 • PGC 954841 • 2MASX J04312793-1217592 • LDCE 308 NED012 | |
IC 378 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E3 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 392 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 70,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 375 , IC 376 , IC 377 , IC 380 .
The object was discovered on October 13, 1891 by Stéphane Javelle .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0378” overwrites the previously used key “IC0378”.