IC 130

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Galaxy
IC 130
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Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 31 m 28.7 s
declination -15 ° 35 ′ 30 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 15.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.1 mag
Angular expansion 0.50 × 0.5
Surface brightness 13.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.044120 +/- 0.000123  
Radial velocity 13,227 +/- 37 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(591 ± 41)  ·  10 6  ly
(181.3 ± 12.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stephane Javelle
Discovery date September 2, 1892
Catalog names
IC  130 • PGC  5671 • MCG  -03-05-001 • 2MASX  J01312872-1535297 • GALEX ASC J013128.80-153528.9

IC 130 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 591 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 85,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky is the galaxy IC 141 .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on September 2, 1892 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 130
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key "IC 0130" overwrites the previously used key "IC0130".