IC 101
| Galaxy IC 101 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 24 m 08.5 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 55 ′ 50 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 127 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 23 |
| Redshift | 0.008019 +/- 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | (2404 +/- 1) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(112 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (34.2 ± 2.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 2, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 101 • UGC 949 • PGC 5147 • CGCG 436-039 • MCG + 02-04-036 • 2MASX J01240854 + 0955500 • GALEX ASC J012408.56 + 095548.9 | |
IC 101 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation fish on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 112 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 45,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 516 , NGC 522 , NGC 525 , IC 102 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 2, 1893 .