IC 1813
| Galaxy IC 1813 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Chemical furnace |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 30 m 49.5 s |
| declination | -34 ° 13 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) 0+ / LINER ? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 102 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014944 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 4480 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(196 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (60.2 ± 4.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | December 22, 1897 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1813 • PGC 9567 • ESO 355-022 • MCG -06-06-009 • IRAS F02287-3426 • 2MASX J02304950-3413155 • SGC 022843-3426.5 • GALEX ASC J023049.55-341315.1 | |
IC 1813 is a lenticular galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 196 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 70,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 1811 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on December 22, 1897 .