IC 1659
| Galaxy IC 1659 |
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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 16 m 06.0 s |
| declination | + 30 ° 20 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 20 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022993 ± 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | 6893 ± 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(314 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (96.4 ± 6.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 6, 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1659 • UGC 812 • PGC 4584 • CGCG 502-017 • MCG + 05-04-008 • 2MASX J01160599 + 3020568 • GALEX ASC J011606.02 + 302056.7 | |
IC 1659 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E3 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 314 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 110,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 444 , NGC 452 , IC 1654 , among others .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 6, 1899 .