IC 1599
| Galaxy IC 1599 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 54 m 32.8 s |
| declination | -23 ° 29 ′ 42 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 106 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.033023 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 9900 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(443 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (135.7 ± 9.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | November 3, 1898 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1599 • PGC 3210 • ESO 474-042 • MCG -04-03-030 • IRAS F00520-2345 • 2MASX J00543280-2329415 • GALEX ASC J005432.82-232943.3 | |
IC 1599 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 443 million light years from the Milky Way and about 145,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 343 , IC 1588 , IC 1600 , IC 1601 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on November 3, 1898 .