IC 379
| Galaxy IC 379 |
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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 50.9 s |
| declination | -07 ° 14 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBab |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 9 ° |
| Surface brightness | 15.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030568 +/- 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | 9164 +/- 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(406 ± 28) x 10 6 ly (124.4 ± 8.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | February 9, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 379 • PGC 15428 • MCG -01-12-021 • 2MASX J04315094-0714180 • LEDA 15428 | |
IC 379 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 406 million light years from the Milky Way and about 145,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on February 9, 1893 .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0379” overwrites the previously used key “IC0379”.