IC 1629
| Galaxy IC 1629 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 09 m 18.2 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 34 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | C. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.40 x 0.3 |
| Position angle | 50 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.041816 ± 0.000087 |
| Radial velocity | 12,536 ± 26 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(564 ± 39) · 10 6 ly (172.8 ± 12.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 22, 1897 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1629 • PGC 4122 • CGCG 385-009 • 2MASX J01091820 + 0234035 • GALEX ASC J010918.19 + 023403.8 | |
IC 1629 is a compact galaxy of Hubble type C in the constellation Cetus the southern sky . It is estimated to be 564 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 83 .
The object was discovered on December 22, 1897 by the French astronomer Stéphane Javelle .