IC 1546

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Galaxy
IC 1546
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Andromeda
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 00 h 21 m 29.0 s
declination + 22 ° 30 ′ 21 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sbc / HII  
Brightness  (visual) 14.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.6 mag
Angular expansion 0.9 × 0.3
Position angle 129 °
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation NGC-80 group  
Redshift 0.019413 ± 0.000013  
Radial velocity 5820 ± 4 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(267 ± 19)  x  10 6  ly
(81.9 ± 5.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date November 20, 1897
Catalog names
NGC  85B • IC  1546 • PGC  1382 • CGCG  479-10 • MCG  + 04-02-008 • IRAS  F00188 + 2214 • 2MASX  J00212903 + 2230209 •

IC 1546 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble-type Sbc in the constellation Andromeda in the northern sky . It is an estimated 267 million light years from the Milky Way and has extensive star formation regions . The galaxy is a member of the NGC-80 group.

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on November 20, 1897 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 1546
  3. Seligman