IC 1518
Galaxy IC 1518 |
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LEDA 1410578 (ol), IC 1519 & IC 1518 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Pegasus |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 23 h 57 m 06.122 s |
declination | + 12 ° 27 ′ 53.93 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | E. |
Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
Position angle | 80 ° |
Surface brightness | 11.6 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.038295 ± 0.000334 |
Radial velocity | 11,481 ± 100 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(519 ± 37) · 10 6 ly (159.2 ± 11.2) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
Discovery date | December 6, 1893 |
Catalog names | |
IC 1518 • PGC 73011 • CGCG 433-006 • 2MASX J23570613 + 1227543 • GALEX ASC J235706.18 + 122755.9 • WISEA J235706.13 + 122753.9 • KPG 599A |
IC 1518 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Pegasus north of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 519 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years across. Together with IC 1519 , it forms the (optical) galaxy pair KPG 599 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 6, 1893 .