IC 1187
| Galaxy IC 1187 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 59 m 10.2 s |
| declination | + 70 ° 33 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.40 'x 0.2' |
| Position angle | 93 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025381 ± 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | 7609 ± 23 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(348 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (106.7 ± 7.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Guillaume Bigourdan |
| Discovery date | March 23, 1889 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1187 • PGC 56589 • CGCG 338-034 • MCG + 12-15-040 • 2MASX J15591018 + 7033250 • 2MASS J15591017 + 7033253 | |
IC 1187 is a galaxy of Hubble type S? in the constellation Ursa Minor in the northern sky . It is an estimated 348 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 6048 and NGC 6071 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Guillaume Bigourdan on March 23, 1889 .