| IC 335 | |
| Epoch: | J2000 |
| Constellation Name: | Fornax |
| Ra: | [1] |
| Z: | 0.005480 |
| H Radial V: | 1638 |
| Dist Ly: | 18.107+/-[2] |
| Group Cluster: | Fornax Cluster |
| Type: | S0 |
| Size: | 45000abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Appmag B: | 12.9 |
| Notes: | Edge-on lenticular galaxy |
| Names: | 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]