IC 159
| Galaxy IC 159 |
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| SDSS image from IC 159 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 46 m 25.0 s |
| declination | -08 ° 38 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) b pec: HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 36 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013059 |
| Radial velocity | 3917 ± 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(176 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (53.9 ± 3.8) Mpc |
| diameter | 85,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 17, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 159 • PGC 6505 • IRAS 01439-0853 • | |
IC 159 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SB (rs) b pec in the constellation Whale in the southern sky . It is around 176 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 85,000 light years .
The object was discovered on December 17, 1892 by Stéphane Javelle .