IC 1630

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Galaxy
IC 1630
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Constellation Phoenix
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 08 m 16.8 s
declination -46 ° 45 ′ 15 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sb / pec / sp  
Brightness  (visual) 14.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.2 mag
Angular expansion 1.50 x 0.3
Position angle 65 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Abell 2870
SSRS group 33  
Redshift 0.022816 ± 0.000033  
Radial velocity 6840 ± 10 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(302 ± 21)  ·  10 6  ly
(92.6 ± 6.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery DeLisle Stewart
Discovery date 1899
Catalog names
IC  1630 • PGC  4036 • ESO  243-036 • 2MASX  J01081675-4645145 • SGC  010604-4701.2 • AGC 20827

IC 1630 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Phoenix in the southern sky . It is an estimated 302 million light years away from the Milky Way and is approximately 135,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 1621 , IC 1625 , IC 1627 , IC 1631 .

The object was discovered by astronomer DeLisle Stewart in 1899 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 1630
  3. Seligman