IC 40
| Galaxy IC 40 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 39 m 21.4 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 27 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.00 'x 0.5' |
| Position angle | 13 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018056 ± 0.000137 |
| Radial velocity | 5413 ± 41 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(246 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (75.4 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| diameter | 75,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | January 8, 1894 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 40 • UGC 413 • PGC 2376 • CGCG 383-056 • MCG + 00-02-106 • 2MASX J00392139 + 0227225 • GALEX ASC J003921.37 + 022722.8 • LDCE 36 NED003 | |
IC 40 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 246 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 70,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 182 , NGC 198 , NGC 200 , NGC 208 , among others .
The object was discovered on January 8, 1894 by Stéphane Javelle .