IC 1607
| Galaxy IC 1607 |
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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 58 m 48.8 s |
| declination | + 00 ° 35 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 × 0.9 |
| Position angle | 2 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018137 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 5437 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(247 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (75.6 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Herbert Howe |
| Discovery date | June 24, 1895 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1607 • UGC 611 • PGC 3512 • CGCG 384-051 • MCG + 00-03-047 • IRAS F00562 + 0019 • 2MASX J00584882 + 0035137 • GALEX ASC J005848.80 + 003515.1 | |
IC 1607 is a faint spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Whale in the southern sky . It is an estimated 247 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxy IC 70 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on June 24, 1895 by the American astronomer Herbert Howe .