IC 632
| Galaxy  IC 632  | 
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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 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 | 
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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 .