IC 74
| Galaxy IC 74 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 05 m 55.9 s |
| declination | + 04 ° 05 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 15 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.016732 ± 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 5016 ± 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(228 ± 16) · 10 6 ly (69.9 ± 4.9) Mpc |
| diameter | 40,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | August 19, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 74 • PGC 3897 • CGCG 410-030 • 2MASX J01055595 + 0405246 • NSA 128492 • KIG 43 | |
IC 74 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E3 in the constellation fish on the ecliptic . It is about 228 million light years away 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 396 and IC 73 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on August 19, 1892 .