IC 679
| Galaxy IC 679 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cups |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 16 m 36.614 s |
| declination | -13 ° 58 ′ 19.51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017806 ± 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 5338 ± 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(231 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (70.9 ± 5.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | May 13, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 679 • PGC 170124 • 2MASX J11163661-1358185 • GALEX ASC J111636.67-135819.6 • LDCE 792 NED003 • NSA 139073 • WISEA J111636.60-135819.0 | |
IC 679 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation cup south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 231 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3591 and IC 2668 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on May 13, 1893 .