IC 149

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Galaxy
IC 149
{{{Card text}}}
Photo-request.svg
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 42 m 25.4 s
declination -16 ° 18 ′ 02 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S / HII  
Brightness  (visual) 14.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.1 mag
Angular expansion 1.1 ′ × 0.3 ′
Position angle 81 °
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.018339 +/- 0.000097  
Radial velocity 5498 +/- 29 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(246 ± 17)  ·  10 6  ly
(75.3 ± 5.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date December 7, 1893
Catalog names
IC  149 • PGC  6289 • MCG  -03-05-015 • IRAS  01400-1633 • 2MASX  J01422536-1618012 •

IC 149 is a spiral galaxy with Loping star formation from Hubble type S in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 246 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.

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

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 149
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sort key "IC 0149" overwrites the previously used key "IC0149".