IC 1774

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Galaxy
IC 1774
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Constellation Aries
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 02 h 03 m 59.0 s
declination + 15 ° 19 ′ 05 ″
Appearance
Morphological type 140 °  
Brightness  (visual) 14.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.7 mag
Angular expansion 1.6 ′ × 1.2 ′
Position angle 140 °
Surface brightness 14.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation SAB (s) d  
Redshift 0.012109 ± 0.000022  
Radial velocity 3630 ± 7 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(166 ± 12)  ·  10 6  ly
(50.8 ± 3.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date December 21, 1897
Catalog names
IC  1774 • UGC  1559 • PGC  7863 • CGCG  438-021 • MCG  + 02-06-020 • IRAS  F02012 + 1504 • HIPASS J0204 + 15 • USGC U097 NED02

IC 1774 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBcd in the constellation Aries on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 166 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 80,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 786 , NGC 792 , NGC 803 , IC 192 , among others .

The object was discovered on December 21, 1897 by the French astronomer Stéphane Javelle .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 1774
  3. Seligman