IC 398
| Galaxy IC 398 |
|
|---|---|
|
|
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
|
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
|
| 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 .