IC 1768
| Galaxy IC 1768 |
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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 | 02 h 00 m 49.9 s |
| declination | -25 ° 01 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0 / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014930 ± 0.000107 |
| Radial velocity | 4476 ± 32 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(198 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (60.8 ± 4.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | October 18, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1768 • PGC 7636 • ESO 477-021 • MCG -04-05-026 • 2MASX J02004986-2501361 • SGC 015832-2516.1 • GALEX ASC J020049.75-250137.2 • LDCE 127 NED003 | |
IC 1768 is a lenticular galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 198 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light-years across.
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on October 18, 1896 .