IC 118
| Galaxy IC 118 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 27 m 36.0 s |
| declination | -04 ° 59 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 × 0.5 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.047063 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 14109 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(632 ± 44) x 10 6 ly (193.9 ± 13.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 14, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 112 • PGC 5446 • MCG -01-04-053 • 2MASX J01273603-0459505 • GALEX ASC J012736.01-045953.0 | |
IC 118 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Cetus. It is estimated to be 632 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 14, 1893 .