IC 114

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Galaxy
IC 114
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation fishes
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 26 m 22.6 s
declination + 09 ° 54 ′ 36 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 14.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.2 mag
Angular expansion 1.3 ′ × 0.6 ′
Position angle 150 °
Surface brightness 13.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.007589 +/- 0.000167  
Radial velocity 2275 +/- 50 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(106 ± 8)  x  10 6  ly
(32.4 ± 2.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date December 2, 1893
Catalog names
IC  114 • UGC  1015 • PGC  5343 • CGCG  436-050 • MCG  + 02-04-048 • 2MASX  J01262257 + 0954358 • GALEX ASC J012622.61 + 095432.2 • LEDA 5343

IC 114 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 106 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 40,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 522 , NGC 524 , NGC 525 , IC 102 , among others .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 2, 1893 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 114
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key “IC 0114” overwrites the previously used key “IC0114”.