IC 1062
| Galaxy IC 1062 |
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| SDSS image of IC 1062 | |
| 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 17.6 s |
| declination | + 18 ° 41 ′ 13 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E / S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.30 × 0.2 |
| Position angle | 102 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.043920 ± 0.000170 |
| Radial velocity | 13167 ± 51 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(591 ± 41) · 10 6 ly (181.1 ± 12.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | July 18, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1062 • PGC 53044 • CGCG 105-047 NED01 • MCG + 03-38-041 NED01 • 2MASX J14511767 + 1841131 • | |
IC 1062 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Bear Guardian in the northern sky . It is an estimated 591 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 55,000 ly. The galaxy forms a gravitationally bound pair with IC 1061 .
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 .