IC 1608
| Galaxy IC 1608 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sculptor |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 59 m 24.4 s |
| declination | -34 ° 19 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SA (r) 0+ |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.00 'x 0.9' |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011551 ± 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 3463 ± 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(153 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (47.0 ± 3.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | October 3, 1897 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1608 • PGC 3549 • ESO 351-027 • MCG -06-03-013 • 2MASX J00592434-3419439 • SGC 005702-3435.9 • | |
IC 1608 is a lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Sculptor in the southern sky . It is an estimated 153 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 334 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on October 3, 1897 .