IC 115

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Galaxy
IC 115
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation fishes
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 26 m 54.5 s
declination + 19 ° 12 ′ 53 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 14.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.2 mag
Angular expansion 0.5 ′ × 0.5 ′
Surface brightness 12.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Abell 195  
Redshift 0.042683 +/- 0.000093  
Radial velocity 12796 +/- 28 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(577 ± 41)  ·  10 6  Lj
(176.8 ± 12.7)  Mpc 
diameter 115,000 ly
history
discovery Sherburne Wesley Burnham
Discovery date July 25, 1890
Catalog names
IC  115 • PGC  5395 • CGCG  459-054 • MCG  + 03-04-039 • 2MASX  J01265442 + 1912517 • NVSS J012654 + 191252

IC 115 is a lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 and an Edge-On object in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is around 577 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 85,000 light years .
The galaxy IC 113 is located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered on July 25, 1890 by the American astronomer Sherburne Wesley Burnham .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 115
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key "IC 0115" overwrites the previously used key "IC0115".