IC 1456
| Galaxy IC 1456 |
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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 55 m 18.2 s |
| declination | -12 ° 43 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.70 'x 0.2' |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025418 +/- 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | 7620 +/- 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(345 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (105.7 ± 7.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | November 2, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1456 • PGC 948407 • 2MASX J22551819-1243551 • 2MFGC 17235 | |
IC 1456 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 345 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on September 23, 1891 by Sherbourne Wesley Burnham .