IC 1771
| Galaxy IC 1771 |
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| IC 1771 & IC 1770 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 02 m 15.8 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 58 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015988 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 4793 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(217 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (66.6 ± 4.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | November 24, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1771 • PGC 7737 • CGCG 438-015 • MCG + 02-06-014 • 2MASX J02021585 + 0958071 • GALEX ASC J020215.68 + 095806.9 | |
IC 1771 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is around 217 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 30,000 ly. Together with IC 1770 , it probably forms a bound galaxy pair .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on November 24, 1903 .