IC 402
Galaxy IC 402 |
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IC 402 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Eridanus |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 05 h 06 m 14.8 s |
declination | -09 ° 06 ′ 27 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SAB (rs) cd |
Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
Angular expansion | 2.3 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
Position angle | 147 ° |
Surface brightness | 14.9 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | NGC 1779 group LGG 126 |
Redshift | 0.011129 ± 0.000023 |
Radial velocity | 3336 ± 7 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(144 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (44.2 ± 3.1) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Frank Muller |
Discovery date | December 12, 1887 |
Catalog names | |
IC 402 • PGC 16742 • MCG -02-13-043 • IRAS 05038-0910 • 2MASX J05061487-0906257 • HIPASS J0506-09 • UGCA 99 • |
IC 402 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Eridanus at the southern sky . It is estimated to be 144 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light-years across. The galaxy is considered a member of the NGC 1752 group ( LGG 126 ).
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 1779 .
The object was discovered by Frank Muller on December 12, 1887 .