IC 1209
| Galaxy IC 1209 |
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| SDSS image from IC 1209 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 18 m 39.6 s |
| declination | + 15 ° 33 ′ 30 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.10 × 0.8 |
| Position angle | 5 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029987 ± 0.000177 |
| Radial velocity | 8990 ± 53 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(406 ± 28) · 10 6 ly (124.5 ± 8.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | July 19, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1209 • UGC 10329 • PGC 57796 • CGCG 109-002 • MCG + 03-41-149 • 2MASX J16183964 + 1533294 • NSA 99931 • LDCE 1180 NED004 | |
IC 1209 is an elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Hercules in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 406 million light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on July 19, 1892 by Stéphane Javelle .