IC 158

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Galaxy
IC 158
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SDSS image from IC 158
SDSS image of IC 158
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 45 m 53.5 s
declination -06 ° 56 ′ 08 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E.  
Brightness  (visual) 15.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.1 mag
Angular expansion 0.5 ′ × 0.4 ′
Position angle 140 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.052290 +/- 0.000150  
Radial velocity 15676 +/- 45 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(702 ± 49)  ·  10 6  ly
(215.1 ± 15.1)  Mpc 
diameter 200,000 ly
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date December 14, 1892
Catalog names
IC  158 • PGC  144318 •

IC 158 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E2? in the constellation whale in the southern sky . It is around 702 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 200,000 light years .

The object was discovered on December 14, 1892 by Stéphane Javelle .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : IC 158
  3. ↑ Seligman

Attention: The sorting key “IC 0158” overwrites the previously used key “IC0158”.