IC 393
| Galaxy IC 393 |
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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 47 m 51.8 s |
| declination | -15 ° 31 ′ 31 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E / S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.039170 ± 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | 11,743 ± 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(520 ± 37) · 10 6 ly (159.3 ± 11.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 7, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 393 • PGC 16028 • MCG -03-13-012 • 2MASX J04475180-1531305 • GIN 201 | |
IC 393 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is around 520 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 110,000 light years .
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 1650 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 7, 1891 .
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Attention: The sort key “IC 0393” overwrites the previously used key “IC0393”.