IC 1738
| Galaxy IC 1738 |
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![IC 1738 with LEDA 3100963 (or) [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:IC1738_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| IC 1738 with LEDA 3100963 (or) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 51 m 07.9 s |
| declination | -09 ° 47 ′ 31 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SAB (rs) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 'x 0.7' |
| Position angle | 80 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 681 group LGG 33 |
| Redshift | 0.043200 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 12,951 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(579 ± 40) · 10 6 Lj (177.6 ± 12.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | December 8, 1895 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1738 • PGC 6832 • MCG -02-05-061 • IRAS F01487-1002 • 2MASX J01510790-0947313 • NVSS J015107-094723 • USGC S066 NED03 | |
IC 1738 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 579 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 155,000 light years in diameter .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 681 and NGC 701 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on December 8, 1895 .