IC 634
| Galaxy IC 634 |
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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 40 m 54.9 s |
| declination | + 05 ° 59 ′ 31 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs:) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.20 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 116 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027612 ± 0.000157 |
| Radial velocity | 8278 ± 47 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(364 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (111.7 ± 7.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | April 7, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 634 • UGC 5811 • PGC 31799 • CGCG 037-111 • 2MASX J10405489 + 0559308 • GALEX ASC J104054.92 + 055930.6 • LDCE 746 NED003 | |
IC 634 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Sextant south of the celestial equator . It is an estimated 364 million light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 3326 and IC 628 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on April 7, 1893 by Stéphane Javelle .