IC 1338
| Galaxy IC 1338 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Capricorn |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 20 h 56 m 57.8 s |
| declination | -16 ° 29 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 40 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.031345 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 9397 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(424 ± 30) · 10 6 ly (130.1 ± 9.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | August 26, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1338 • PGC 140938 • IRAS 20541-1641 • 2MASX J20565781-1629328 • NVSS J205657-162934 • NSA 148822 | |
IC 1338 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SB in the constellation Capricorn on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 424 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies IC 1335 and IC 1337 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on August 26, 1892 .