IC 1802

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Galaxy
IC 1802
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IC 1802 with LEDA 1681200 (left) & LEDA 1681391 (o)
IC 1802 with LEDA 1681200 (left) & LEDA 1681391 (o)
AladinLite
Constellation Aries
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 02 h 29 m 14.0 s
declination + 23 ° 04 ′ 58 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0?  
Brightness  (visual) 13.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.6 mag
Angular expansion 1.3 ′ × 1.1 ′
Position angle 115 °
Surface brightness 13.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.031965 ± 0.000043  
Radial velocity 9583 ± 13 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(432 ± 30)  ·  10 6  Lj
(132.4 ± 9.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Edward E. Barnard
Catalog names
IC  1802 • PGC  9462 • CGCG  483-067 • MCG  + 04-06-057 • KUG  0226 + 228 • 2MASX  J02291399 + 2304579 • LDCE 163 NED027 • GIN 126

IC 1802 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Aries north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 432 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 165,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies IC 1803 , IC 1804 , IC 1806 , IC 1807 .

The object discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 1802
  3. Seligman