IC 678
| Galaxy IC 678 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 13 m 56.5 s |
| declination | + 06 ° 34 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 147 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.003229 ± 0.000167 |
| Radial velocity | (968 ± 50) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(38 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (11.8 ± 1.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | April 13, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 678 • PGC 34222 • CGCG 039-083 • MCG + 01-29-021 • 2MASX J11140638 + 0634376 • | |
IC 678 is a Hubble-type E dwarf elliptical galaxy in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 38 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on April 13, 1893 by the astronomer Stéphane Javelle .