IC 77
| Galaxy IC 77 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 08 m 43.7 s |
| declination | -15 ° 25 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 x 0.4 |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 151 |
| Redshift | 0.058414 ± 0.000190 |
| Radial velocity | 17512 ± 57 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(783 ± 55) · 10 6 Lj (240.2 ± 16.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | August 31, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 77 • PGC 73653 • 2MASX J01084373-1525148 • GALEX ASC J010843.62-152516.2 | |
IC 77 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 783 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 115,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 78 , IC 79 , IC 80 , IC 82 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on August 31, 1892 .