IC 335

IC 335 is a 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
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationFornax
Right ascension03h 35m 31.029s[1]
Declination−34° 26′ 49.55″ [1]
Redshift0.005480[1]
Helio radial velocity1638[1]
Distance59.06 ± 12.77 Mly (18.107 ± 3.914 Mpc)[2]
Group or clusterFornax Cluster
Apparent magnitude (B)12.9[1][2]
Characteristics
TypeS0[2]
Size45,000 ly (14,000 pc)[3]
Notable featuresEdge-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
  1. "IC 335". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
  2. "NED results for object IC 335". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  3. "The beautiful side of IC 335". ESA/Hubble. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  4. "A galaxy on the edge". ESA/Hubble & NASA. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  • Media related to IC 335 at Wikimedia Commons



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