IC 4370

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Galaxy
IC 4370
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Hunting dogs
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 14 h 04 m 09.8 s
declination + 33 ° 20 ′ 46 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sc  
Brightness  (visual) 15.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.1 mag
Angular expansion 0.3 ′ × 0.2 ′
Position angle 110 °
Surface brightness 14.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.062863 ± 0.000163  
Radial velocity 18846 ± 49 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(845 ± 59)  ·  10 6  Lj
(259.1 ± 18.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date July 3, 1896
Catalog names
IC  4370 • PGC  50138 • CGCG  191-046 NED02 • MCG  + 06-31-060 • 2MASX  J14040984 + 3320460 • HCG  70D •

IC 4370 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Canes Venatici on the northern sky . It is around 845 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on July 3, 1896 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 4370
  3. Seligman