IC 1685

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Galaxy
IC 1685
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Constellation fishes
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 23 m 6.60 s
declination + 33 ° 11 ′ 22.0 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S.  
Brightness  (visual) 14.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.5 mag
Angular expansion 0.5 ′ × 0.4 ′
Position angle 25 °
Surface brightness 12.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.014884 ± 0.000123  
Radial velocity 4462 ± 37 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(206 ± 14)  ·  10 6  ly
(63.1 ± 4.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date December 1, 1899
Catalog names
IC  1685 • PGC  169771 • 2MASX  J01230660 + 3311212 • GALEX J012306.73 + 331125.8 • NSA 129314

IC 1685 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type S in the constellation fish on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 206 million light years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years across.
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 494 , NGC 504 , IC 1687 , IC 1688 .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 1, 1899 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 1685
  3. Seligman