IC 1746
| Galaxy IC 1746 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 54 m 24.3 s |
| declination | + 04 ° 48 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 93 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017342 ± 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | 5199 ± 23 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(235 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (72.0 ± 5.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 21, 1897 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1746 • UGC 1371 • PGC 7076 • CGCG 412-042 • MCG + 01-05-043 • 2MASX J01542431 + 0448138 • GALEX ASC J015424.28 + 044815.0 • LDCE 119 NED002 | |
IC 1746 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 from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years across .
The galaxies NGC 718 , IC 174 , IC 1750 , IC 1754 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 21, 1897 .