IC 1769
| Galaxy IC 1769 |
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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 54.9 s |
| declination | -31 ° 55 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.80 'x 0.2' |
| Position angle | 77 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018289 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 5483 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(242 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (74.3 ± 5.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1769 • PGC 7645 • ESO 414-021 • 2MASX J02005491-3155111 • | |
IC 1769 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Chemical Furnace (technical language Fornax, Latin "the furnace" ) in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 242 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter.
The property was discovered by DeLisle Stewart in 1899 .
Web links
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Galaxy IC 1769 Search Galaxy Constellation: Search Fornax. Retrieved August 30, 2019 .