IC 1201
| Galaxy IC 1201 |
|
|---|---|
|
|
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
|
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
|
| Right ascension | 16 h 05 m 41.6 s |
| declination | + 69 ° 35 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.20 'x 0.3' |
| Position angle | 118 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023646 ± 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | 7089 ± 23 km / s |
|
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(325 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (99.5 ± 7.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | August 2, 1888 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1201 • UGC 10221 • PGC 57104 • CGCG 338-044 • MCG + 12-15-051 • 2MASX 16054165 + 6935374 • GALEX ASC J160541.67 + 693538.3 | |
IC 1201 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is an estimated 325 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6079 , NGC 6091 , IC 1204 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on August 2, 1888 .