IC 16
| Galaxy IC 16 |
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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 28 m 07.6 s |
| declination | -13 ° 05 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 51 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016164 ± 0.000040 |
| Radial velocity | 4846 ± 12 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(219 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (67.1 ± 4.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | November 3, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 16 • PGC 1730 • MCG -02-02-017 • IRAS 00255-1322 • 2MASX J00280763-1305379 • | |
IC 16 is a galaxy in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 219 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 30,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 135 , IC 20 , IC 23 , among others .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on November 3, 1891 .
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Attention: The sorting key "IC 0016" overwrites the previously used key "IC0016".