IC 1673
| Galaxy IC 1673 |
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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 46.3 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 02 ′ 42 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | cE |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 11.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016978 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 5090 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(234 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (71.7 ± 5.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | 17th November 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1673 • PGC 4855 • CGCG 502-038 • 2MASX J01204631 + 3302412 • GALEX ASC J012046.30 + 330242.1 • LDCE 74 NED054 | |
IC 1673 is an elliptical dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 234 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 20,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 472 , IC 1669 , IC 1677 , IC 1680 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on November 17, 1903 .