IC 1763
| Galaxy IC 1763 |
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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 59 m 11.7 s |
| declination | -27 ° 48 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 32 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015067 ± 0.000060 |
| Radial velocity | 4517 ± 18 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(200 ± 14) x 10 6 ly (61.2 ± 4.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | October 10, 1897 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1763 • PGC 7514 • ESO 414-020 • MCG -05-05-025 • IRAS F01569-2802 • 2MASX J01591175-2748385 • GALEX ASC J015911.83-274840.5 | |
IC 1763 is a faint spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 200 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light-years across.
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on October 10, 1897 .