IC 1767
| Galaxy IC 1767 |
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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 59 m 59.4 s |
| declination | -11 ° 04 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SA (r) 0 / a: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.80 'x 0.7' |
| Position angle | 75 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017492 +/- 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 5244 +/- 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(235 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (71.9 ± 5.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | December 18, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1767 • PGC 7568 • MCG -02-06-012 • IRAS F01576-1118 • 2MASX J01595936-1104443 • GALEX ASC J015959.33-110444.3 • LEDA 7568 | |
IC 1767 is a lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 235 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 125,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 773 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on December 18, 1896 .