IC 1669
| Galaxy IC 1669 |
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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 20 m 06.8 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 11 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 5 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019070 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 5717 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(262 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (80.3 ± 5.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | November 30, 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1669 • PGC 4802 • CGCG 502-032 • 2MASX J01200684 + 3311051 • GALEX ASC J012006.80 + 331104.6 | |
IC 1669 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 262 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 75,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 468 , IC 1668 , IC 1673 , IC 1677 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on November 30, 1899 .