IC 1638
| Galaxy IC 1638 |
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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 12 m 21.8 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 21 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.70 × 0.7 |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015964 ± 0.000070 |
| Radial velocity | 4786 ± 21 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(220 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (67.6 ± 4.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | October 17, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1638 • PGC 4338 • CGCG 501-129 • MCG + 05-03-082 • 2MASX J01122179 + 3321515 • GALEX MSC J011221.55 + 332152.4 • LDCE 74 NED044 | |
IC 1638 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 220 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 410 , NGC 414 , IC 1636 , IC 1648 .
The object was discovered on October 17, 1903 by the French astronomer Stéphane Javelle .