IC 168
| Galaxy IC 168 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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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 |
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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”.