IC 407
| Galaxy IC 407 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hare |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 17 m 42.6 s |
| declination | -15 ° 31 ′ 24 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.20 × 0.5 |
| Position angle | 165 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009403 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 2819 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(120 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (36.8 ± 2.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 7, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 407 • PGC 17056 • MCG -03-14-013 • IRAS 05154-1534 • 2MASX J05174261-1531240 • HIPASS J0517-15 • LDCE 407 NED001 | |
IC 407 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Hase southern of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 120 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 80,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there is u. a. the galaxy IC 415 .
The object was discovered on December 7, 1891 by the astronomer Stéphane Javelle .