IC 179
| Galaxy IC 179 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 00 m 11.5 s |
| declination | + 38 ° 01 ′ 17 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 110 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014040 ± 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | 4209 ± 23 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(194 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (59.5 ± 4.2) Mpc |
| diameter | 115,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 28, 1890 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 179 • UGC 1475 • PGC PGC 7581 • CGCG 522-101 • MCG + 06-05-75 • | |
IC 179 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E2? in the constellation Andromeda in the northern sky . It is about 194 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a maximum extent of about 115,000 light years .
The object was discovered on June 28, 1890 by Lewis Swift .