IC 164
| Galaxy IC 164 |
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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 49 m 08.4 s |
| declination | -03 ° 54 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E1: / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017615 +/- 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 5281 +/- 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(237 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (72.8 ± 5.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | October 23, 1889 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 164 • PGC 6666 • MCG -01-05-037 • 2MASX J01490840-0354157 • LDCE 0110 NED005 | |
IC 164 is an elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E3? in the constellation Cetus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 237 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 95,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxy NGC 702 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on October 23, 1889 .