IC 46
| Galaxy IC 46 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 42 m 58.0 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 15 ′ 13 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0 ′, 6 × 0 ′, 5 |
| Position angle | 87 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | (isolated) |
| Redshift | 0.017632 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 5286 ± 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(243 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (74.5 ± 5.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 5, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 46 • PGC 2575 • CGCG 479-063 • IRAS 00402 + 2658 • 2MASX J00425798 + 2715134 • GALEX ASC J004257.99 + 271512.8 | |
IC 46 is an isolated lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Andromeda in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 243 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter.
The property was built on December 5, 1893 by Stéphane Javelle .
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Attention: The sorting key "IC 0046" overwrites the previously used key "IC0046".