IC 1479

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Galaxy
IC 1479
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Constellation Aquarius
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 18 m 46.4 s
declination -10 ° 23 ′ 57 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E:  
Brightness  (visual) 13.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.7 mag
Angular expansion 1.1 ′ × 1 ′
Position angle 18 °
Surface brightness 13.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.031705 ± 0.000103  
Radial velocity (9505 ± 31) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(429 ± 30)  ·  10 6  ly
(131.5 ± 9.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date September 13, 1893
Catalog names
IC  1479 • PGC  71021 • MCG  -02-59-010 • 2MASX  J23184637-1023575 • LDCE 1572 NED002

IC 1479 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 429 million light years from the Milky Way and about 140,000 ly in diameter.

The galaxy IC 5304 is located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The property was built on September 13, 1893 by Stéphane Javelle .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 1479
  3. Seligman