IC 626
| Galaxy IC 626 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sextant |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 36 m 57.1 s |
| declination | -07 ° 01 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0- pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 141 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028166 ± 0.000113 |
| Radial velocity | (8444 ± 34) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(370 ± 26) x 10 6 ly (113.5 ± 8.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | May 5, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 626 • PGC 31501 • MCG -01-27-028 • 2MASX J10365709-0701258 • LDCE 0742 NED002 | |
IC 626 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation Sextant south of the celestial equator . It is an estimated 370 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on May 5, 1893 by the French astronomer Stéphane Javelle .