IC 1614

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Galaxy
IC 1614
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Constellation fishes
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 05 m 06.9 s
declination + 33 ° 11 ′ 23 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E.  
Brightness  (visual) 16.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 17.6 mag
Angular expansion 0.30 × 0.3
Surface brightness 14.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.081576 +/- 0.000120  
Radial velocity 24,456 +/- 36 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(1099 ± 77)  x  10 6  ly
(337.1 ± 23.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date November 30, 1899
Catalog names
IC  1614 • PGC  2025913 • 2MASX  J01050697 + 3311235 •

IC 1614 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E in the constellation fish on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 1.1 billion light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 100,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 374 , NGC 392 , IC 1618 , IC 1619 .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on November 30, 1899 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 1614
  3. Seligman