Cosmic Atlas object record

IC0342

IC0342

IC0342
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Object type
galaxy
Constellation
Not supplied by the source catalog
Right ascension
56.70375°
Declination
68.0958333°
Reference frame
J2000 equatorial coordinates transformed to heliocentric ecliptic Cartesian coordinates
Distance
10697929.189549182 ly
Distance kind
literature_distance
Uncertainty
["Cep"]
Apparent magnitude
9.37
Catalog source
curated_extragalactic_survey
Catalog epoch
J2000 catalog coordinates
Position epoch
J2000
Selection caveat
A literature compilation of nearby galaxies, not a uniform all-sky volume-limited survey.
Cosmology
Not supplied by the source catalog

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