IC 1215
| Galaxy IC 1215 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 15 m 35.1 s |
| declination | + 68 ° 23 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBc / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.10 'x 0.7' |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024200 ± 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 7255 ± 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(332 ± 23) · 10 6 ly (101.8 ± 7.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | July 2, 1888 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1215 • UGC 10315 • PGC 57638 • CGCG 320-017 • 338-049 • MCG + 11-20-009a • IRAS 16155 + 6831 • 2MASX J16153517 + 6823514 • NVSS J161535 + 682349 | |
IC 1215 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation areas of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 332 million light years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 1216 and IC 1218 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on July 2, 1888 .