IC 1118

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Galaxy
IC 1118 / IC 4543
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Snake
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 15 h 24 m 59.5 s
declination + 13 ° 26 ′ 42 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S.  
Brightness  (visual) 14.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.1 mag
Angular expansion 1 ′ × 0.6 ′
Position angle 84 °
Surface brightness 13.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.022442 ± 0.000167  
Radial velocity 6728 ± 50 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(303 ± 21)  ·  10 6  ly
(93.0 ± 6.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date July 29, 1891
Catalog names
IC  1118 • IC 4543 • PGC  55035 • CGCG  077-122 • MCG  + 02-39-029 • 2MASX  J15245954 + 1326421 • GALEX ASC J152459.58 + 132642.7 • USGC U702 NED02 • HOLM 709A

IC 1118 = IC 4543 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S in the constellation Snake in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 303 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 90,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5926 .

The object was discovered on July 29, 1891 by the French astronomer Stéphane Javelle .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 1118
  3. Seligman