IC 392
| Galaxy IC 392 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Orion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 46 m 25.7 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 30 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.00 × 0.8 |
| Position angle | 167 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 120 |
| Redshift | 0.013736 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 4118 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(181 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (55.6 ± 3.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | January 6, 1894 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 392 • UGC 03158 • PGC 015973 • MCG + 01-13-001 • IRAS 04438 + 0324 • 2MASX J04462575 + 0330199 • NVSS J044625 + 033010 | |
IC 392 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Orion in the northern sky . It is around 181 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 55,000 light years .
The object was discovered on January 6, 1894 by the astronomer Stéphane Javelle .