IC 335

IC 335
IC 335 image taken by Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Fornax
Right ascension	03^h 35^m 31.029^s[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 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 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.

External links

• Media related to IC 335 at Wikimedia Commons