IC 1781

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Galaxy
IC 1781
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IC 1781 with LEDA 1141900 [1] (ro)
IC 1781 with LEDA 1141900 (ro)
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 02 h 06 m 52.8 s
declination -00 ° 31 ′ 05 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S / HII  
Brightness  (visual) 14.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.3 mag
Angular expansion 0.40 'x 0.4'
Surface brightness 12.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.043393 ± 0.000055  
Radial velocity 13.009 ± 16 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(583 ± 41)  ·  10 6  Lj
(178.6 ± 12.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stephane Javelle
Discovery date November 20, 1903
Catalog names
IC  1781 • PGC  8067 • CGCG  387-037 • KUG  0204-007 • 2MASX  J02065277-0031053 • GALEX MSC J020652.78-003103.7 • LEDA 8067

IC 1781 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type S in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is around 583 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 70,000 ly.
The galaxy IC 204 is located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on November 20, 1903 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e SEDS : IC 1781
  4. Seligman