PGC 31559
| Galaxy LEDA / PGC 31559 |
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![IC 628 & LEDA 31559 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:IC628_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| IC 628 & LEDA 31559 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sextant |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 37 m 33.1 s |
| declination | + 05 ° 37 ′ 43 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc (f) |
| Angular expansion | 1.28 ′ × 0.22 ′ |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028600 ± 0.000040 |
| Radial velocity | 8574 ± 12 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(378 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (115.8 ± 8.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| UGC 5779 • PGC 31559 • CGCG 037-095 • MCG + 01-27-021 • 2MASX J10373317 + 0537433 • NSA 17471 • USGC U314 NED07 | |
LEDA / PGC 31559 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Sextant south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 378 million light years from the Milky Way . Together with IC 628 , it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair.
The galaxies NGC 3326 and IC 634 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on May 18, 1892 .