IC 437
| Galaxy IC 437 |
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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 51 m 37.4 s |
| declination | -12 ° 33 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022912 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 6869 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(300 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (92.1 ± 6.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | February 11, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 437 • PGC 90030 • IRAS 05493-1234 • 2MASX J05513743-1233535 • GALEX ASC J055137.47-123354.3 • LDCE 416 NED006 | |
IC 437 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S in the constellation Rabbit in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 300 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on February 11, 1893 .
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Attention: The sorting key "IC 0437" overwrites the previously used key "IC0437".