IC 1498
| Galaxy IC 1498 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 23 h 31 m 53.6 s |
| declination | -05 ° 00 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (r) a: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 11 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.017312 ± 0.000043 |
| Radial velocity | 5190 ± 13 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(236 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (72.5 ± 5.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | November 5, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1498 • PGC 71677 • MCG -01-60-002 • IRAS F23293-0516 • 2MASX J23315364-0500252 • GALEX ASC J233153.56-050026.3 • NSA 151837 • 2MIG 3170 | |
IC 1498 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 236 million light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 7692 and IC 5334 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on November 5, 1891 .