IC 1268
| Galaxy IC 1268 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 50 m 39.3 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 12 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.70 '× 0.5' |
| Position angle | 117 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020908 ± 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | (6268 ± 17) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(287 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (88.0 ± 6.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | May 16, 1888 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1268 • PGC 60971 • CGCG 112-057 • MCG + 03-45-036 • IRAS 17484 + 1713 • 2MASX J17503935 + 1712333 • | |
IC 1268 = (NGC 6468?) Is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Hercules in the northern sky . It is an estimated 287 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on May 16, 1888 .