IC 1061
| Galaxy IC 1061 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Bear keeper |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 51 m 14.2 s |
| declination | + 18 ° 45 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E / S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.20 × 0.2 |
| Surface brightness | 11.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.044074 ± 0.000147 |
| Radial velocity | 13213 ± 44 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(593 ± 41) · 10 6 Lj (181.7 ± 12.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | July 18, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1061 • PGC 95545 • 2MASX J14511422 + 1845271 • | |
IC 1061 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Bear Keeper in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 593 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 35,000 ly. The galaxy forms a gravitationally bound pair with IC 1062 .
The galaxies NGC 5760 , NGC 5778 , IC 4507 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on July 18, 1892 .