IC 1412

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Galaxy
IC 1412
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Constellation Capricorn
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 21 h 58 m 18.4 s
declination -17 ° 10 ′ 34 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R ') SB0 + / pec / HII  
Brightness  (visual) 13.5 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.4 mag
Angular expansion 0.90 × 0.4
Position angle 99 °
Surface brightness 12.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.018302 +/- 0.000040  
Radial velocity 5487 +/- 12 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(249 ± 18)  x  10 6  ly
(76.4 ± 5.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date July 26, 1892
Catalog names
IC  1412 • PGC  67747 • MCG  -03-56-001 • IRAS  21555-1724 • 2MASX  J21581847-1710341 • SGC  2155.6-1725 • HIPASS J2158-17

IC 1412 is a lenticular galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Capricornus on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 249 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 65,000 ly
. a. the galaxy NGC 7165 .

The object was discovered by Stephane Javelle on July 26, 1892 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f g SEDS : IC 1412
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key "IC 1412" overwrites the previously used key "IC1412".