IC 387
Galaxy IC 387 |
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IC 387 SDSS image | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Eridanus |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 04 h 41 m 44.210 s |
declination | -07 ° 05 ′ 10.30 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SAB (rs) c |
Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
Position angle | 78 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | NGC 1667 group LGG 118 |
Redshift | 0.015000 ± 0.000033 |
Radial velocity | 4497 ± 10 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(197 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (60.4 ± 4.2) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
Discovery date | February 9, 1893 |
Catalog names | |
IC 387 • PGC 15831 • MCG -01-12-044 • IRAS 04393-0710 • 2MASX J04414426-0705109 • GALEX ASC J044144.35-070509.2 • LDCE 330 NED012 • NVSS J044144-070459 |
IC 387 is a faint barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is around 210 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 55,000 light years . Together with eight other galaxies, it is a member of the NGC 1667 group ( LGG 118 )
. a. the galaxies IC 385 , IC 388 , IC 389 , IC 390 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on February 9, 1893 .