IC 748
| Galaxy IC 748 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 57 m 26.7 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 27 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab (r) |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.60 x 0.5 |
| Position angle | 81 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.032506 +/- 0.000050 |
| Radial velocity | 9745 +/- 15 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(432 ± 30) · 10 6 ly (132.3 ± 9.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | April 19, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 748 • PGC 37600 • CGCG 041-011 • MCG + 01-31-006 • IRAS 11548 + 0744 • 2MASX J11572674 + 0727397 • GALEX ASC J115726.73 + 072739.8 | |
IC 748 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E2 in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 432 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 75,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3976 and NGC 4029 , among others .
The object was discovered on April 19, 1893 by Stéphane Javelle .