IC 1409
Galaxy IC 1409 |
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IC 1409 with LEDA 1018003 (l) SDSS image of IC 1409 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Aquarius |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 21 h 53 m 19.6 s |
declination | -07 ° 29 ′ 59 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SBb |
Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.50 '× 0.3' |
Position angle | 20 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.034416 ± 0.000073 |
Radial velocity | 10,318 ± 22 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(467 ± 33) · 10 6 Lj (143.1 ± 10.0) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
Discovery date | September 17, 1892 |
Catalog names | |
IC 1409 • PGC 1017940 • 2MASX J21531960-0729596 • GALEX ASC J215319.57-072958.0 • ASK 122863.0 |
IC 1409 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 467 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on September 17, 1892 .