IC 1409
| Galaxy IC 1409 |
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| IC 1409 with LEDA 1018003 (l) SDSS image of IC 1409 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
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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 |
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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 .