IC 1518

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Galaxy
IC 1518
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LEDA 1410578 (above), IC 1519 & IC 1518 [1]
LEDA 1410578 (ol), IC 1519 & IC 1518
AladinLite
Constellation Pegasus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 1518
  4. Seligman