IC 160
| Galaxy IC 160 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 46 m 29.5 s |
| declination | -13 ° 14 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB0-: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 85 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018610 +/- 0.000120 |
| Radial velocity | 5579 ± 36 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(250 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (76.5 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| diameter | 90,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | January 2, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 160 • PGC 6511 • MCG -02-05-44 • LDCE 0108 NED001 | |
IC 160 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SAB0- pec? in the constellation whale in the southern sky . It is around 250 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 90,000 light years .
The object was discovered on January 2nd, 1892 by Stéphane Javelle .