IC 1636

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Galaxy
IC 1636
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Constellation fishes
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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  
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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 1636
  3. Seligman