IC 738
| Galaxy IC 738 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 48 m 54.87 s |
| declination | -04 ° 40 ′ 55.0 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sm? / pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 100 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008683 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 2603 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(111 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (33.9 ± 2.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | June 3, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 738 • PGC 36895 • IRAS 11463-0424 • 2MASX J11485487-044055 • GALEX ASC J114854.88-044054.0 • WISEA J114854.85-044054.5 | |
IC 738 is an irregular dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type Irr in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 111 million light years from the Milky Way and about 25,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3915 and IC 741 .
The object was discovered on June 3, 1893 by the astronomer Stéphane Javelle .