IC 120
| Galaxy IC 120 |
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| SDSS image from IC 120 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 28 m 12.9 s |
| declination | -01 ° 54 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 ^ 0 ^: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 194 |
| Redshift | 0.016031 +/- 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 4806 +/- 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(217 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (66.6 ± 4.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 3, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 120 • PGC 5484 • CGCG 385-152 • 2MASX J01281297-0154555 • SGC 5484 • LEDA 5484 • LDCE 89 NED026 | |
IC 120 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 217 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 55,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 558 , NGC 560 , NGC 564 , IC 119 , among others .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 3, 1891 .
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Attention: The sorting key "IC 0120" overwrites the previously used key "IC0120".