IC 758

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Galaxy
IC 758
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Big Bear
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 04 m 11.9 s
declination + 62 ° 30 ′ 19 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (rs) cd:  
Brightness  (visual) 13.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.1 mag
Angular expansion 1.90 × 1.6
Position angle 9 °
Surface brightness 14.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation LGG 266  
Redshift 0.004253 +/- 0.000037  
Radial velocity 1275 +/- 11 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(62 ± 4)  ·  10 6  ly
(18.9 ± 1.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date April 17, 1888
Catalog names
IC  758 • UGC  7056 • PGC  38173 • CGCG  315-009 • MCG  + 11-15-014 • 2MASX  i J1204124 + 623020 •

IC 758 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is estimated that 62 million light-years from the Milky Way away and has a diameter of about 35,000 light years.
Together with NGC 4041 , NGC 4036 , UGC 7009 and UGC 7019 it forms the LGG 266 - Group of galaxies .

The type IIP supernova SN 1999bg was observed here.

The object was discovered on April 17, 1888 by the astronomer Lewis Swift .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 758
  3. Simbad
  4. Seligman