IC 1668
| Galaxy IC 1668 |
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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 18 m 53.1 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 10 ′ 23 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019133 ± 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 5736 ± 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(263 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (80.6 ± 5.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | November 30, 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1668 • PGC 4712 • CGCG 502-024 • KUG 0116 + 329 • 2MASX J01185299 + 3310222 • GALEX ASC J011853.07 + 331023.0 | |
IC 1668 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type S in the constellation fish on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 263 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 25,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 468 , IC 1669 , IC 1673 , IC 1677 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on November 30, 1899 .