IC 161
| Galaxy IC 161 |
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| SDSS image of IC 161 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 48 m 43.7 s |
| declination | + 10 ° 30 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 65 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 31 |
| Redshift | 0.017796 +/- 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 5335 +/- 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(242 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (74.1 ± 5.2) Mpc |
| diameter | 65,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | January 8, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 161 • UGC 1266 • PGC 6644 • CGCG 437-033 • MCG + 02-05-036 • Mrk 1007 • VV 53 • | |
IC 161 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb? in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is around 242 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 65,000 light years . It may form a tied pair with IC 162 . What is certain is that they belong to the same galaxy cluster .
The object was discovered on January 8, 1891 by Lewis Swift .