IC 1417
| Galaxy IC 1417 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 22 h 00 m 21.6 s |
| declination | -13 ° 08 ′ 50 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb? / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 108 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017979 +/- 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 5390 +/- 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(246 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (75.3 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | November 4, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1417 • PGC 67811 • MCG -02-56-003 • IRAS 21576-1323 • 2MASX J22002162-1308504 • LEDA 67811 | |
IC 1417 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 246 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 95,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 7171 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on November 4, 1891 .