IC 145

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Galaxy
IC 145
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 38 m 38.5 s
declination + 00 ° 44 ′ 29 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S?  
Brightness  (visual) 14.9 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.8 mag
Angular expansion 0.7 ′ × 0.4 ′
Position angle 177 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.042722 ± 0.000081  
Radial velocity 12,808 ± 24 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(575 ± 40)  ·  10 6  Lj
(176.2 ± 12.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date December 12, 1893
Catalog names
IC  145 • PGC  6084 • CGCG  386-022 • MCG  + 00-05-020 • 2MASX  J01383845 + 0044297 • GALEX MSC J013838.39 + 004430.1

IC 145 is a galaxy in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 575 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 120,000 ly. In the same area of ​​the sky there are u. a. the galaxy NGC 622 .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 12, 1893 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 145
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sort key “IC 0145” overwrites the previously used key “IC0145”.