IC 1339
| Galaxy IC 1339 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Capricorn |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 20 h 57 m 55.5 s |
| declination | -17 ° 56 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) from / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 55 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028046 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 8408 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(380 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (116.5 ± 8.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | 17th August 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1339 • PGC 65799 • ESO 598-008 • MCG -03-53-013 • IRAS F20551-1808 • 2MASX J20575551-1756343 • SGC 205506-1808.2 • NVSS J205755-175630 • LDCE 1430 NED004 | |
IC 1339 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active galaxy core with an active galaxy core of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Capricorn on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 380 million light years from the Milky Way and about 155,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 6986 and IC 1336 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on August 17, 1891 .