IC 1700
| Galaxy IC 107 / IC 1700 |
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| SDSS image from IC 107 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 25 m 24.6 s |
| declination | + 14 ° 51 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 27 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 44 |
| Redshift | 0.021201 ± 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | 6356 ± 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(289 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (88.5 ± 6.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | February 18, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 107 • 1700 • UGC 986 • PGC 5271 • CGCG 436-047 • MCG + 02-04-041 • 2MASX J01252468 + 1451528 • NVSS J012525 + 145202 • USGC U063 NED03 | |
IC 1700 = IC 107 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E3 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 289 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years across. In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 1698 , IC 1699 , IC 1704 , IC 1706 .
The object was discovered on February 18, 1896 by the French astronomer Stéphane Javelle . The galaxy IC 107 , discovered on September 18, 1890 by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift , is identical to IC 1700 .