IC 632
Galaxy IC 632 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | sextant |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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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 .