IC 1803

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Galaxy
IC 1803
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IC 1804 & IC 1803
IC 1804 & IC 1803
AladinLite
Constellation Aries
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 02 h 29 m 49.9 s
declination + 23 ° 06 ′ 31 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E.  
Brightness  (visual) 15.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.0 mag
Angular expansion 0.3 ′ × 0.2 ′
Position angle 0 °
Surface brightness 11.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.031662 ± 0.000050  
Radial velocity 9492 ± 15 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(428 ± 30)  x  10 6  ly
(131.2 ± 9.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery Edward E. Barnard
Catalog names
IC  1803 • PGC  9507 • MCG  + 04-06-058 • 2MASX  J02294993 + 2306310 • GALEX ASC J022950.03 + 230630.5 • LDCE 163 NED030 • GIN 125

IC 1803 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Aries the north ecliptic , an estimated 428 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center.
The galaxies IC 1802 , IC 1804 , IC 1806 , IC 1807 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

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 1803
  3. Seligman