IC 1006
| Galaxy IC 1006 |
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| SDSS image from IC 1006 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Bear keeper |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 22 m 59.1 s |
| declination | + 23 ° 47 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.017139 ± 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | 5138 ± 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(232 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (71.1 ± 5.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Truman H. Safford |
| Discovery date | May 14, 1866 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1006 • PGC 51378 • CGCG 133-045 • MCG + 04-34-023 • KUG 1420 + 240 • 2MASX J14225909 + 2347393 • GALEX ASC J142259.13 + 234740.2 • KIG 628 | |
IC 1006 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S in the constellation Bear Guardian in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 232 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years across.
The galaxies NGC 5581 and NGC 5610 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Truman Henry Safford on May 14, 1866 .