IC 1770
| Galaxy IC 1770 |
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| IC 1770 (center) & IC 1771 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 02 m 14.4 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 58 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 63 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015287 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 4583 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(208 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (63.7 ± 4.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | November 24, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1770 • UGC 1522 • PGC 7751 • CGCG 438-016 • MCG + 02-06-013 • 2MASX J02021436 + 0958511 • GALEX ASC J020214.45 + 095851.7 | |
IC 1770 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is around 208 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 60,000 ly. Together with IC 1771 , it probably forms a bound galaxy pair .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on November 24, 1903 .