IC 1759
| Galaxy IC 1759 |
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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 57 m 55.3 s |
| declination | -32 ° 59 ′ 13 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 169 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013032 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 3907 ± 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(172 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (52.7 ± 3.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 29, 1897 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1759/1760 • PGC 7400 • ESO 354-018 • MCG -06-05-016 • IRAS F01557-3313 • 2MASX J01575535-3259131 • SGC 015543-3313.8 • GALEX ASC J015755.44-325915.2 | |
IC 1759 = IC 1760 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 172 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 75,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 1762 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on September 29, 1897 .