IC 1502
| Galaxy IC 1502 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Cepheus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 23 h 36 m 20.5 s |
| declination | + 75 ° 38 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 + |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.10 'x 0.3' |
| Position angle | 52 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.006561 ± 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | 1967 ± 24 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(97 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (29.6 ± 2.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | October 15, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1502 • UGC 12105 • 12706 • PGC 71864 • CGCG 344-003 • 359-005 • MCG + 12-01-001 • + 13-01-002 • 2MASX J23362072 + 7538534 • 2MIG 3181 | |
IC 1502 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Cepheus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 97 million light years from the Milky Way and about 25,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on October 15, 1891 .