IC 388
| Galaxy IC 388 |
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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 41 m 53.3 s |
| declination | -07 ° 18 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | C + C |
| Brightness (visual) | 1: 15.2 mag 2: 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 1: 16.2 mag 2: 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1: 0.30 / 0.3 2: 0.4 / 0.4 |
| Surface brightness | 1: 12.4 mag / arcmin² 2: 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018263 +/- 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 5475 +/- 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(241 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (73.8 ± 5.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | January 28, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 388 • PGC 1021211/1021186 • | |
IC 388 is an optical pair of galaxies in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . IC 388-1 is estimated to be 241 million light years, whereas IC 388-2 is about 199 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on January 28, 1892 .
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Attention: The sort key "IC 0388" overwrites the previously used key "IC0388".