IC 399
| Galaxy IC 399 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 01 m 44.0 s |
| declination | -04 ° 17 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | IAB (s) m / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.60 x 0.4 |
| Position angle | 80 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
NGC 1700 group LGG 123 |
| Redshift | 0.013313 ± 0.000127 |
| Radial velocity | 3991 ± 38 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(174 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (53.4 ± 3.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Rudolf Spitaler |
| Discovery date | February 25, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 399 • PGC 16582 • 2MASX J05014410-0417194 • HCG 31G • Mrk 1090 • GALEX ASC J050143.96-041719.2 • NVSS J050143-041721 | |
IC 399 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 174 million light years from the Milky Way and about 35,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 1740 , NGC 1741 , NGC 1742 , NGC 1753 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on February 25, 1892 by the Austrian Rudolf Spitaler .
Web links
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