IC 1636
| Galaxy IC 1636 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 11 m 34.9 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 21 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.30 × 0.2 |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018990 +/- 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 5693 +/- 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(261 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (80.1 ± 5.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | October 17, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1636 • PGC 4280 • CGCG 501-125 • | |
IC 1636 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 261 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 25,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 407 , NGC 410 , NGC 414 , IC 1638 , among others .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on October 17, 1903 .