IC 1493

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Galaxy
IC 1493
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Pegasus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 30 m 27.5 s
declination + 14 ° 27 ′ 32 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S.  
Brightness  (visual) 15.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.2 mag
Angular expansion 0.5 ′ × 0.3 ′
Physical data
Redshift 0.062437 ± 0.000109  
Radial velocity 18,718 ± 33 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(843 ± 59)  ·  10 6  Lj
(258.6 ± 18.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date December 6, 1893
Catalog names
IC  1493 • PGC  1458643 • 2MASX  J23302745 + 1427323 • GALEX ASC J233027.51 + 142732.2 • SDSS J233027.51 + 142732.0 • ASK 144810.0

IC 1493 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Pegasus at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 843 million light years from the Milky Way and about 125,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 6, 1893 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. Seligman