IC 1214

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Galaxy
IC 1214
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Constellation Dragon
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 16 h 16 m 11.7 s
declination + 65 ° 58 ′ 08 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0-a  
Brightness  (visual) 14.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.0 mag
Angular expansion 1.40 × 0.6
Position angle 18 °
Surface brightness 13.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.023393 ± 0.000063  
Radial velocity 7013 ± 19 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(321 ± 23)  x  10 6  ly
(98.5 ± 6.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date July 2, 1888
Catalog names
IC  1214 • UGC  10323 • PGC  57675 • CGCG  320-019 • MCG  + 11-20-009 • 2MASX  J16161172 + 6558075 •

IC 1214 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 321 million light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years across.

In the same area of ​​the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 6135 .

The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on July 2, 1888 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 1214
  3. Seligman