IC 1205
| Galaxy IC 1205 |
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| SDSS image from IC 1205 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 14 m 15.9 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 32 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 × 0.5 |
| Surface brightness | 12.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010807 ± 0.000004 |
| Radial velocity | 3240 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(148 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (45.5 ± 3.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | April 8, 1888 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1205 • PGC 57574 • CGCG 079-084 • MCG + 02-41-022 • IRAS 16118 + 0939 • 2MASX J16141594 + 0932136 • HIPASS J1614 + 09 | |
IC 1205 is a spiral radio galaxy of the Hubble type Sab in the constellation Hercules in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 148 million light years from the Milky Way and about 25,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6081 and IC 1199 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on April 8, 1888 .