IC 1153
| Galaxy IC 1153 |
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| SDSS image from IC 1153 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 57 m 03.0 s |
| declination | + 48 ° 10 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.20 'x 1.1' |
| Position angle | 156 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019744 +/- 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 5919 +/- 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(271 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (83.2 ± 5.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | 4th July 1888 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1153 • UGC 10107 • PGC 56462 • CGCG 250-026 • MCG + 08-29-026 • 2MASX J15570299 + 4810063 • 1160 NED005 | |
IC 1153 is a lens-shaped galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Hercules in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 271 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 95,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 1152 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on July 4, 1888 .