IC 1672
| Galaxy IC 1672 |
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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 38.2 s |
| declination | + 29 ° 41 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 140 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023426 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 7023 ± 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(320 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (98.1 ± 6.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 6, 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1672 • UGC 872 • PGC 4848 • CGCG 502-036 • MCG + 05-04-024 • IRAS F01178 + 2926 • 2MASX J01203820 + 2941555 • | |
IC 1672 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 320 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 120,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 96 and IC 1676 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 6, 1899 .