IC 335 is an edge-on lenticular galaxy about 60 million light years (18 million parsecs) away, in the constellation Fornax. It is part of the Fornax Cluster.[3]
| IC 335 | |
|---|---|
 IC 335 image taken by Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys. | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Fornax |
| Right ascension | 03h 35m 31.029s[1] |
| Declination | −34° 26′ 49.55″ [1] |
| Redshift | 0.005480[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 1638[1] |
| Distance | 59.06 ± 12.77 Mly (18.107 ± 3.914 Mpc)[2] |
| Group or cluster | Fornax Cluster |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 12.9[1][2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0[2] |
| Size | 45,000 ly (14,000 pc)[3] |
| Notable features | Edge-on lenticular galaxy |
| Other designations | |
| IC 1963, 2MASX J03353102-3426495, FCC 153, MCG-06-08-031, 6dFGS gJ033531.0-342649, ESO 358-26, PGC 13277 | |
IC 335 appears very similar to NGC 4452, a lenticular galaxy in Virgo. Both galaxies are edge-on, meaning that their characteristics, like spiral arms, are hidden.[3][4] Lenticular galaxies like these are thought to be intermediate between spiral galaxies and elliptical galaxies, and like elliptical galaxies, they have very little gas for star formation.[3] IC 335 may have once been a spiral galaxy that ran out of interstellar medium, or it may have collided with a galaxy in the past and thus used up all of its gas (see interacting galaxy).[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "IC 335". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
- ^ a b c "NED results for object IC 335". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "The beautiful side of IC 335". ESA/Hubble. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ^ "A galaxy on the edge". ESA/Hubble & NASA. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
External links
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