IC 183
| Galaxy IC 183 |
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| SDSS image from IC 183 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 59 m 34.0 s |
| declination | -05 ° 20 ′ 50 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.30 × 0.4 |
| Position angle | 95 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012679 +/- 0.000167 |
| Radial velocity | 3801 +/- 50 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(171 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (52.4 ± 3.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 7, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 183 • PGC 7538 • MCG -01-06-015 • 2MASX J01593403-0520495 • LDCE 138 NED001 • GALEX ASC J015933.98-052049.2 | |
IC 183 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Whale in the southern sky . It is an estimated 171 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 65,000 ly. Together with NGC 829 , NGC 830 , NGC 842 and NGC 788 , it forms the NGC 788 group .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 762 , NGC 779 , NGC 790 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 7, 1893 .