IC 1739
| Galaxy IC 1739 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Chemical furnace |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 50 m 29.6 s |
| declination | -34 ° 03 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.80 'x 0.5' |
| Position angle | 94 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028476 ± 0.000143 |
| Radial velocity | 8537 ± 43 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(379 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (116.1 ± 8.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1739 • PGC 6777 • ESO 354-001 • MCG -06-05-007 • IRAS F01483-3418 • 2MASX J01502959-3403200 • NVSS J015029-340326 | |
IC 1739 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is an estimated 379 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter . Together with PGC 6785 , it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 696 , NGC 698 , IC 1728 .
The property was discovered by DeLisle Stewart in 1899 .