IC 623
| Galaxy IC 623 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sextant |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 35 m 21.0 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 33 ′ 30 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.00 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 152 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.022042 ± 0.000130 |
| Radial velocity | 6608 ± 39 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(289 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (88.7 ± 6.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | April 7, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 623 • UGC 5748 • PGC 31356 • CGCG 037-085 • MCG + 01-27-017 • 2MASX J10352103 + 0333298 • GALEX ASC J103521.02 + 033330.0 • SIG 295 | |
IC 623 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Sextant south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 289 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years across.
The object was discovered on April 7, 1893 by Stéphane Javelle .