IC 474
| Galaxy IC 474 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Twins |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 07 h 46 m 07.3 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 30 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027192 ± 0.000123 |
| Radial velocity | (8152 ± 37) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(362 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (110.9 ± 7.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | January 30, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 474 • PGC 21749 • CGCG 148-012 • MCG + 04-19-001 • 2MASX J07460729 + 2630188 • | |
IC 474 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Gemini on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 362 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 105,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2449 , NGC 2450 , IC 476 , IC 2205 , among others .
The object was discovered on January 30, 1892 by Stéphane Javelle .