IC 628
Galaxy IC 628 |
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IC 628 & LEDA 31559 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | sextant |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 10 h 37 m 36.2 s |
declination | + 05 ° 36 ′ 13 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SAB (s) off |
Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
Position angle | 118 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.028596 ± 0.000184 |
Radial velocity | 8573 ± 55 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(377 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (115.7 ± 8.1) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
Discovery date | May 18, 1892 |
Catalog names | |
IC 628 • UGC 5780 • PGC 31567 • CGCG 037-096 • MCG + 01-27-022 • 2MASX J10373619 + 0536133 • GALEX ASC J103736.05 + 053615.1 • LDCE 746 NED001 |
IC 628 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Sextant south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 377 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter . Together with PGC 31559 it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair .
The galaxies NGC 3326 and IC 634 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on May 18, 1892 .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0628” overwrites the previously used key “IC0628”.