IC 1694

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Galaxy
IC 1694
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IC1694 - SDSS DR14.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 24 m 47.8 s
declination + 01 ° 36 ′ 26 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S.  
Brightness  (visual) 14.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.9 mag
Angular expansion 0.60 'x 0.4'
Position angle 3 °
Surface brightness 12.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Abell 189
NGC 533 group  
Redshift 0.016295 ± 0.000073  
Radial velocity 4885 ± 22 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(221 ± 16)  x  10 6  ly
(67.8 ± 4.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Guillaume Bigourdan
Discovery date November 28, 1891
Catalog names
IC  1694 • PGC  5221 • CGCG  385-111 • 2MASX  J01244771 + 0136272 • GALEXASC J012447.68 + 013628.2 • GIN 66 • LDCE 87 NED003

IC 1694 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 221 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 40,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 521 , NGC 533 , IC 103 , IC 109 .

The object was discovered by Guillaume Bigourdan on November 28, 1891 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 1694
  3. Seligman