IC 125

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Galaxy
IC 125
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Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 29 m 18.3 s
declination -13 ° 16 ′ 47 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S.  
Brightness  (visual) 15.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.2 mag
Angular expansion 0.50 / 0.5 '
Surface brightness 13.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.047700 ± 0.000107  
Radial velocity 14,300 ± 32 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(640 ± 45)  ·  10 6  ly
(196.1 ± 13.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date January 5, 1892
Catalog names
IC  125 • PGC  5560 • MCG  -02-04-060 • 2MASX  J01291837-1316471 • 2MASS J01291834-1316471

IC 125 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 640 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 95,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies IC 128 , IC 129 , IC 1714 .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on January 5, 1892 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d SEDS : IC 125
  3. ^ Website of Courtney Seligman

Attention: The sorting key "IC 0125" overwrites the previously used key "IC0125".