IC 479
| Galaxy IC 479 |
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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 54 m 22.2 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 00 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 171 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026688 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | (8001 ± 20) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(355 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (108.8 ± 7.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | March 2, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 479 • PGC 22138 • CGCG 148-058 • MCG + 05-19-020 • IRAS 07513 + 2708 • 2MASX J07542224 + 2700312 • | |
IC 479 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Gemini on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 355 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 75,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 478 , IC 480 , IC 2208 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on March 2, 1892 .