IC 121
| Galaxy IC 121 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 28 m 21.8 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 30 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 108 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030361 ± 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 9102 ± 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(410 ± 29) · 10 6 ly (125.6 ± 8.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | January 6, 1894 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 121 • UGC 1053 • PGC 5492 • CGCG 385-154 • MCG + 00-04-159 • 2MASX J01282178 + 0230469 • | |
IC 121 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Cetus on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 410 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on January 6, 1894 .