IC 1169
| Galaxy IC 1169 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 04 m 13.4 s |
| declination | + 13 ° 44 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.00 × 0.6 |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011234 ± 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 3368 ± 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(154 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (47.3 ± 3.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | May 16, 1888 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1169 • UGC 10161 • PGC 56925 • CGCG 079-033 • MCG + 02-41-004 • 2MASX J16041344 + 1344383 • GALEX ASC J160413.44 + 134439.1 | |
IC 1169 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Serpens the celestial equator . It is an estimated 154 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 45,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 6065 and NGC 6066 , among others .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on May 16, 1888 .