IC 174

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Galaxy
IC 174
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IC 174 with LEDA 212871 [1] (above)
IC 174 with LEDA 212871 (above)
AladinLite
Constellation fishes
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 56 m 16.1 s
declination + 03 ° 45 ′ 43 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0?  
Brightness  (visual) 13.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.4 mag
Angular expansion 1.3 ′ × 0.8 ′
Position angle 101 °
Surface brightness 13.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.017369 ± 0.000127  
Radial velocity 5207 ± 38 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(235 ± 17)  x  10 6  ly
(72.0 ± 5.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date November 5, 1891
Catalog names
IC  174 • UGC  1409 • PGC  7249 • CGCG  413-004 • MCG  + 01-06-008 • 2MASX  J01561609 + 0345426 • GALEX ASC J015616.21 + 034542.3 • LDCE 119 NED005

IC 174 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 235 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 90,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 718 , IC 1750 , IC 1754 .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on November 5, 1891 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 174
  4. Seligman

Attention: The sort key "IC 0174" overwrites the previously used key "IC0174".