IC 636
| Galaxy IC 636 |
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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 41 m 50.6 s |
| declination | + 04 ° 19 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 48 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026747 ± 0.000162 |
| Radial velocity | 8019 ± 49 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(353 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (108.1 ± 7.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | April 7, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 636 • UGC 5824 • PGC 31867 • CGCG 037-121 • MCG + 01-27-028 • 2MASX J10415061 + 0419511 • GALEX ASC J104150.47 + 041950.8 • LDCE 746 NED004 | |
IC 636 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Sextant south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 353 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 3326 , NGC 3337 , NGC 3341 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on April 7, 1893 by Stéphane Javelle .