IC 1602
| Galaxy IC 1602 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 55 m 51.9 s |
| declination | -09 ° 59 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.70 × 0.6 |
| Position angle | 174 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 117 |
| Redshift | 0.054558 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 16,356 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(733 ± 51) x 10 6 ly (224.7 ± 15.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Herbert Howe |
| Discovery date | December 16, 1898 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1602 • PGC 3306 • MCG -02-03-047 • 2MASX J00555190-0959088 • GALEX ASC J005551.93-095908.1 | |
IC 1602 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E1 in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 733 million light years from the Milky Way and about 150,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 301 and NGC 309 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on December 16, 1898 by the American astronomer Herbert Alonzo Howe .