IC 15
| Galaxy IC 15 |
|
|---|---|
|
|
| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
|
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
|
| Right ascension | 00 h 27 m 57.6 s |
| declination | -00 ° 03 ′ 41 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SB? |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.40 'x 0.4' |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.046047 ± 0.000078 |
| Radial velocity | 13805 ± 23 km / s |
|
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(621 ± 43) · 10 6 ly (190.4 ± 13.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | August 27, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 15 • PGC 165498 • IRAS 00253-0020 • 2MASX J00275754-0003404 • GALEX ASC J002757.57-000339.5 | |
IC 15 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 621 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 75,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 21 and IC 25 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on August 27, 1892 .
Web links
Individual evidence
Attention: The sorting key "IC 0015" overwrites the previously used key "IC0015".