IC 1730
Galaxy IC 1730 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Aries |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 01 h 49 m 57.9 s |
declination | + 22 ° 00 ′ 44 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S0 |
Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
Position angle | 65 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.009870 ± 0.000077 |
Radial velocity | 2959 ± 23 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(137 ± 10) x 10 6 ly (42.0 ± 3.0) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
Discovery date | January 17, 1896 |
Catalog names | |
IC 1730 • PGC 6732 • CGCG 482-020 • MCG + 04-05-015a • 2MASX J01495792 + 2200440 • GALEX ASC J014957.86 + 220043.5 |
IC 1730 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Aries in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 137 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 30,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 678 , NGC 680 , NGC 694 , IC 167 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on January 17, 1896 .