IC 760
| Galaxy IC 760 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 05 m 53.5 s |
| declination | -29 ° 17 ′ 31 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 ^ 0 ^: / sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 148 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 271 |
| Redshift | 0.007425 ± 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | (2226 ± 25) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(92 ± 7) x 10 6 ly (28.1 ± 2.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | January 3, 1889 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 760 • PGC 38345 • ESO 440-052 • MCG -05-29-010 • IRAS F12032-2901 • 2MASX J12055352-2917314 • SGC 120319-2900.9 • GALEX ASC J120553.47-291731.6 • LDCE 860 NED012 | |
IC 760 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Hydra south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 92 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 45,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4105 , NGC 4106 , IC 2996 , IC 3005 .
The object was discovered by Ormond Stone on January 3, 1889 .