IC 138

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Galaxy
IC 138
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 33 m 02.0 s
declination -00 ° 41 ′ 23 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB (s) c  
Brightness  (visual) 14.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.7 mag
Angular expansion 1.10 ′ × 0.8 ′
Position angle 30 °
Surface brightness 13.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Abell 194  
Redshift 0.015464 ± 0.000066  
Radial velocity 4636 ± 20 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(209 ± 15)  x  10 6  ly
(64.2 ± 4.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery Aaron Skinner
Discovery date September 27, 1867
Catalog names
IC  138 • UGC  1106 • PGC  5328 • CGCG  386-005 • MCG  + 00-05-003 • 2MASX  J01330196-0041235 • GALEX ASC J013301.93-004121.9

IC 138 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Whale. It is estimated to be 209 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Aaron Nichols Skinner on September 27, 1867.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 138
  3. Seligman