IC 1697
| Galaxy IC 1697 |
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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 25 m 02.9 s |
| declination | + 00 ° 26 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S / NLAGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 110 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 194 |
| Redshift | 0.028706 ± 0.000053 |
| Radial velocity | 8606 ± 16 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(387 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (118.7 ± 8.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 18, 1897 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1697 • UGC 976 • PGC 5238 • CGCG 385-116 • MCG + 00-04-125 • IRAS 01224 + 0011 • 2MASX J01250297 + 0026400 • GALEX ASC J012502.93 + 002640.4 • LDCE 86 NED003 | |
IC 1697 is an elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 387 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 100,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 493 and IC 1681 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 18, 1897 .