IC 415
| Galaxy IC 415 |
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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 21 m 21.6 s |
| declination | -15 ° 32 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.60 × 0.4 |
| Position angle | 140 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011268 ± 0.000050 |
| Radial velocity | 3378 ± 15 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(145 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (44.4 ± 3.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 7, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 415 • PGC 2816473 • IRAS 05190-1535 • 2MASX J05212161-1532332 • LEDA 2816473 • NVSS J052121-153230 | |
IC 415 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Hare north of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 145 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 25,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1906 and IC 407 .
The object was discovered on December 7, 1891 by the astronomer Stéphane Javelle .