IC 398
Galaxy IC 398 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Eridanus |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 04 h 58 m 12.5 s |
declination | -07 ° 46 ′ 49 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SB (s) c? |
Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.30 x 0.4 |
Position angle | 21 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.012585 ± 0.000123 |
Radial velocity | 3773 ± 37 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(164 ± 100) · 10 6 ly (50.3 ± 30.6) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Frank Muller |
Discovery date | December 13, 1887 |
Catalog names | |
IC 398 • PGC 16433 • MCG -01-13-040 • IRAS 04558-0751 • 2MASX J04581253-0746493 • NVSS J045812-074651 • LDCE 362 NED001 |
IC 398 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 164 million light years from the Milky Way . It is an estimated 164 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 65,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1720 and NGC 1726 .
The object was discovered by Frank Muller on December 13, 1887 .