IC 632

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Galaxy
IC 632
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation sextant
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 10 h 39 m 11.8 s
declination -00 ° 24 ′ 34 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sab  
Brightness  (visual) 13.9 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.8 mag
Angular expansion 0.9 ′ × 0.6 ′
Position angle 30 °
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation LGG 205  
Redshift 0.018746 ± 0.000030  
Radial velocity (5620 ± 9) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(245 ± 17)  ·  10 6  ly
(75.0 ± 5.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date May 9, 1893
Catalog names
IC  632 • UGC  5792 • PGC  31673 • CGCG  009-092 • MCG  + 00-27-035 • 2MASX  J10391179-0024340 • Stile 206B

IC 632 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Sextant south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 245 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered on May 9, 1893 by the French astronomer Stéphane Javelle .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 632
  3. ^ VizieR
  4. Seligman