IC 1603
| Galaxy IC 1603 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Phoenix |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 56 m 59.7 s |
| declination | -45 ° 24 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 111 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026378 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 7908 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(350 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (107.4 ± 7.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1603 • PGC 3401 • ESO 243-014 • IRAS F00547-4540 • 2MASX J00565967-4524466 • SGC 005442-4540.9 • GALEX ASC J005659.59-452445.0 | |
IC 1603 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Phoenix on southern sky . It is estimated to be 350 million light years from the Milky Way and about 135,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxy IC 1595 is located in the same area of the sky .
The property was discovered by DeLisle Stewart in 1899 .