IC 1515
| Galaxy IC 1515 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 23 h 56 m 03.9 s |
| declination | -00 ° 59 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (rs) ab / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.20 'x 1.0' |
| Position angle | 13 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022232 ± 0.000040 |
| Radial velocity | 6665 ± 12 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(303 ± 21) x 10 6 ly (92.8 ± 6.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | November 12, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1515 • UGC 12848 • PGC 72922 • CGCG 382-002 • MCG + 00-01-004 • IRAS F23534-0116 • 2MASX J23560391-0059182 • SDSS J235603.90-005918.6 • NVSS J235603-005918 • LDCE 1603 NED002 • KPG 597A | |
IC 1515 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 303 million light years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light years in diameter. Together with IC 1516 , it forms the isolated galaxy pair KPG 597 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on November 12, 1891 .