IC 1303
| Galaxy IC 1303 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | swan |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 19 h 31 m 30.0 s |
| declination | + 35 ° 52 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 106 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 428 |
| Redshift | 0.014894 +/- 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 4465 +/- 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(209 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (64.2 ± 4.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Truman Henry Safford |
| Discovery date | June 9, 1866 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1303 • PGC 63328 • MCG + 06-43-004 • IRAS 19296 + 3546 • 2MASX J19313005 + 3552358 • LDCE 1347 NED004 | |
IC 1303 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Cygnus. It is estimated to be 209 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on June 9, 1866 by the American astronomer Truman Henry Safford .