IC 4374
| Galaxy IC 4374 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 07 m 29.7 s |
| declination | -27 ° 01 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0 ^ - (rs): |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 113 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | ABELL 3581 |
| Redshift | 0.021798 ± 0.000025 |
| Radial velocity | 6535 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(287 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (88.1 ± 6.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | April 21, 1898 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4374 • PGC 50385 • ESO 510-069 • MCG -04-33-46 • | |
IC 4374 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / (r) a? in the constellation Water Snake in the southern sky . It is an estimated 287 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on April 21, 1898 by Lewis Swift .