IC 1622
| Galaxy IC 1622 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 07 m 36.7 s |
| declination | -17 ° 32 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.70 '× 0.5' |
| Position angle | 165 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021158 ± 0.000133 |
| Radial velocity | 6343 ± 40 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(284 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (87.1 ± 6.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | November 19, 1897 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1622 • PGC 3997 • ESO 541-022 • MCG -03-04-001 • KUG 0105-178 • 2MASX J01073666-1732190 • GALEX ASC J010736.67-173218.6 • LDCE 60 NED002 | |
IC 1622 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is about 284 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 369 and IC 1623 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on November 19, 1897 .