IC 1616
Galaxy IC 1616 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | sculptor |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 01 h 04 m 56.18 s |
declination | -27 ° 25 ′ 45.7 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SB (rs) bc |
Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.60 × 1.4 |
Position angle | 4 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.018796 ± 0.000003 |
Radial velocity | 5635 ± 1 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(251 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (77 ± 5.4) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Lewis Swift |
Discovery date | May 24, 1897 |
Catalog names | |
IC 1616 • PGC 3846 • ESO 412-004 • MCG -05-03-022 • IRAS 1025-2741 • 2MASX J01045619-2725454 • SGC 10232-2741.8 • HIPASS J0104-27 • 2MASS J01045616-2725458 |
IC 1616 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Sculptor in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 251 million light years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on May 24, 1897 .