IC 147

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Galaxy
IC 147
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Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 39 m 59.7 s
declination -14 ° 51 ′ 46 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sbc  
Brightness  (visual) 14.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.3 mag
Angular expansion 0.9 ′ × 0.6 ′
Position angle 65 °
Surface brightness 13.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.050225 +/- 0.000150  
Radial velocity 15057 +/- 45 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(673 ± 47)  ·  10 6  ly
(206.3 ± 14.5)  Mpc 
diameter 155,000 ly
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date December 7, 1893
Catalog names
IC  147 • PGC  6164 • MCG  -03-05-013 • IRAS  1375-1506 • 2MASX  J01395976-1451454 •

IC 147 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Whale in the southern sky . It is about 673 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 155,000 light years .

The object was discovered on December 7, 1893 by Stéphane Javelle .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 147
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key “IC 0147” overwrites the previously used key “IC0147”.