IC 126
| Galaxy IC 126 |
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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 29 m 47.8 s |
| declination | -01 ° 59 ′ 01 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 194 |
| Redshift | 0.019667 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 5896 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(266 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (81.5 ± 5.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | January 6, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 126 • UGC 1071 • PGC 5577 • CGCG 385-162 • 2MASX J01294785-0159015 • GALEX ASC J012947.86-015904.8 | |
IC 126 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 266 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 ly in diameter. The galaxy is part of the Abell 194 cluster .
The galaxies NGC 564 , NGC 577 , IC 119 , IC 120 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on January 6, 1891 by Stéphane Javelle .