IC 1523
| Galaxy IC 1523 / IC 5368 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 23 h 59 m 06.6 s |
| declination | + 06 ° 52 ′ 23 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.066109 +/- 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 19819 +/- 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(891 ± 62) · 10 6 ly (273.3 ± 19.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Sherburne Burnham |
| Discovery date | August 8, 1890 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1523/5368 • PGC 3091908 • 2MASX J23590655 + 0652231 • | |
IC 1523 = IC 5368 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E3 in the constellation Pisces. It is estimated to be 891 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on August 8, 1890 by the astronomer Sherburne Burnham .