IC 176
| Galaxy IC 176 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 56 m 53.4 s |
| declination | -02 ° 01 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 94 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014820 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 4443 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(200 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (61.3 ± 4.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 3, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 176 • UGC 1426 • PGC 7306 • CGCG 387-005 • MCG + 00-06-004 • IRAS F01543-0215 • KUG 154-022 • 2MASX J01565340-0201083 • FGC 216 | |
IC 176 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Cetus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 200 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 110,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 185 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 3, 1891 .
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Individual evidence
Attention: The sort key “IC 0176” overwrites the previously used key “IC0176”.