IC 1420

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Galaxy
IC 1420
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Pegasus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 22 h 02 m 32.0 s
declination + 19 ° 45 ′ 00 ″
Appearance
Morphological type I0 + I0  
Brightness  (visual) 13.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.2 mag
Angular expansion 1.20 'x 0.8'
Position angle 90 °
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation isolated  
Redshift 0.005467 ± 0.000017  
Radial velocity 1639 ± 5 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(82 ± 6)  ·  10 6  ly
(25.2 ± 1.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date September 18, 1889
Catalog names
IC  1420 • UGC  11880 • PGC  67900 • CGCG  451-004 • MCG  + 03-56-005 • KUG  2200 + 195 • KPG 561

IC 1420 is a merging dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type I0 in the constellation Pegasus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 82 million light years from the Milky Way and about 20,000 light years across.

The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on September 18, 1889 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 1420
  3. Seligman