IC 1559
Galaxy IC 1559 |
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SDSS image of NGC 169 (above) and IC 1559 (below), which gravitationally interact with one another. | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Andromeda |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 00 h 36 m 52.3 s |
declination | + 23 ° 59 ′ 06 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SAB |
Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
Position angle | 10 ° |
Surface brightness | 11.6 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.015327 ± 0.000057 |
Radial velocity | 4595 17 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(212 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (65.0 ± 4.6) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | RJ Mitchell |
Discovery date | September 18, 1857 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 169A • IC 1559 • PGC 2201 • CGCG 479-044 N02 • MCG + 04-02-034 • Arp 282 • Mrk 341 • KPG 13B |
IC 1559 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Andromeda in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 212 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 25,000 ly. Together with NGC 169, it forms the interacting galaxy pair Arp 282 or KPG 13 .
Halton Arp organized his catalog of unusual galaxies into groups according to purely morphological criteria. This galaxy pair belongs to the class double galaxies with inflow and attraction .
The galaxy NGC 160 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on September 18, 1857 by the Irish astronomer RJ Mitchell, an assistant to William Parsons .
literature
- Jeff Kanipe and Dennis Webb: The Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies - A Chronicle and Observer's Guide , Richmond 2006, ISBN 978-0-943396-76-7