IC 76

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Galaxy
IC 76
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SDSS
SDSS
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 08 m 11.7 s
declination -04 ° 33 ′ 16 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S?  
Brightness  (visual) 15.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.4 mag
Angular expansion 0.90 ′ × 0.4 ′
Position angle 120 °
Surface brightness 14.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.025548 +/- 0.000097  
Radial velocity 7659 +/- 29 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(345 ± 24)  x  10 6  ly
(105.7 ± 7.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stephane Javelle
Discovery date December 14, 1892
Catalog names
IC  76 • PGC  4035 • MCG  -01-04-001 • IRAS  01056-0449 • 2MASX  J01081173-0433164 • GALEX ASC J010811.73-043316.4 • LEDA 4035

IC 76 is a galaxy in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 345 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 14, 1892 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 76
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sort key "IC 0076" overwrites the previously used key "IC0076".