IC 168
Galaxy IC 168 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | whale |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 01 h 50 m 27.6 s |
declination | -08 ° 31 ′ 23 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sat |
Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
Position angle | 105 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.017857 +/- 0.000109 |
Radial velocity | 5353 +/- 33 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(240 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (73.6 ± 5.2) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Sherburne Wesley Burnham |
Discovery date | October 7, 1891 |
Catalog names | |
IC 168 • PGC 6763 • MCG -02-05-058 • 2MASX J01502761-0831226 • GALEX ASC J015027.57-083122.0 • LEDA 6763 |
IC 168 is a spiral dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is an estimated 240 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 20,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 707 and IC 170 , among others .
The object was discovered on October 7, 1891 by the American astronomer Sherburne Wesley Burnham .
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Attention: The sort key “IC 0168” overwrites the previously used key “IC0168”.