IC 1002
| Galaxy IC 1002 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 20 m 42.3 s |
| declination | + 05 ° 29 ′ 09 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027199 ± 0.000123 |
| Radial velocity | 8154 ± 37 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(364 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (111.6 ± 7.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | June 29, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1002 • PGC 51248 • IRAS 14181 + 0542 • 2MASX J14204231 + 0529084 • | |
IC 1002 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type S in the constellation virgin on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 364 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 75,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 5551 , NGC 5575 , IC 1001 , IC 1003 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on June 29, 1892 .