IC 1617
| Galaxy IC 1617 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Phoenix |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 04 m 16.80 s |
| declination | -51 ° 01 ′ 58.1 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) S (r:) 0 ^ + |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 125 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025441 ± 0.000070 |
| Radial velocity | 7627 ± 21 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(337 ± 23) · 10 6 ly (103.3 ± 7.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1617 • PGC 3818 • ESO 195-028 • IRAS 01020-5117 • 2MASX J01041679-5101580 • SGC 010206-5118.0 • GALEX ASC J010416.73-510200.0 • LDCE 53 NED012 | |
IC 1617 is a lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 / a in the constellation Phoenix in the southern sky . It is an estimated 337 million light years from the Milky Way and about 140,000 light years in diameter. Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair together with IC 1615 .
The property was discovered by DeLisle Stewart in 1899 .