IC 156
| Galaxy IC 156 |
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| SDSS image from IC 156 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 45 m 29.2 s |
| declination | + 10 ° 33 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 72 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 031 |
| Redshift | 0.018429 +/- 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 5525 +/- 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(250 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (76.7 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| diameter | 100,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 15, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 156 • UGC 1231 • PGC 6448 • CGCG 437-22 • MCG + 02-05-025 • LDCE 0107 NED004 | |
IC 156 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble-type (R) SAB (rs) a? in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is around 250 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 100,000 light years .
The object was discovered on December 15, 1892 by Stéphane Javelle .