IC 1177

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Galaxy
IC 1177
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IC 1177 with LEDA 57065 (lo) [1]
IC 1177 with LEDA 57065 (lo)
AladinLite
Constellation Hercules
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 16 h 05 m 19.8 s
declination + 18 ° 18 ′ 55 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0 / a  
Brightness  (visual) 15.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.2 mag
Angular expansion 0.50 '× 0.4'
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Abell 2151  
Redshift 0.038653 ± 0.000144  
Radial velocity 11,588 ± 43 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(522 ± 37)  ·  10 6  ly
(160.1 ± 11.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery Guillaume Bigourdan
Discovery date June 8, 1888
Catalog names
IC  1177 • PGC  57048 • 2MASX  J16051980 + 1818546 • SDSS J160519.78 + 181855.3 • ASK 564105.0 • NSA 166673

IC 1177 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Hercules in the northern sky . It is an estimated 522 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter. The galaxy is considered a member of the Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151 .

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6053 , NGC 6055 , NGC 6061 , IC 1190 .

The object was discovered on June 8, 1888 by Guillaume Bigourdan .

See also

List of IC objects

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e SEDS : IC 1177
  4. Seligman