IC 1757

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Galaxy
IC 1757
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IC 1756 with IC 1757 (l) [1]
IC 1756 with IC 1757 (l)
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 57 m 11.3 s
declination -00 ° 28 ′ 26 ″
Appearance
Morphological type P  
Brightness  (visual) 15.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.5 mag
Angular expansion 0.60 'x 0.2'
Position angle 60 °
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.080467 ± 0.000083  
Radial velocity 24,123 ± 25 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(1080 ± 76)  ·  10 6  Lj
(331.0 ± 23.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery Edward E. Barnard
Catalog names
IC  1757 • PGC  174458 • 2MASX  J01571138-0028262 • ASK 34522.0 • SDSS J015711.36-002826.3

IC 1757 is a galaxy in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 1 billion light years from the Milky Way and about 190,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 177 and IC 1756 .

The object was discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e SEDS : IC 1757
  4. Seligman