IC 184
Galaxy IC 184 |
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SDSS image of IC 184 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | whale |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 01 h 59 m 51.2 s |
declination | -06 ° 50 ′ 25 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SB (r) a: / Sy2 / HII |
Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
Position angle | 177 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.017952 +/- 0.000087 |
Radial velocity | 5382 +/- 26 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(241 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (74.0 ± 5.2) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Ormond Stone |
Discovery date | October 15, 1887 |
Catalog names | |
IC 184 • PGC 7554 • MCG -01-06-021 • IRAS F01573-0704 • 2MASX J01595121-0650253 • LEDA 7554 • LDCE 124 NED003 |
IC 184 is an active spiral galaxy with extensive star formation areas of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 241 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 80,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 788 and NGC 779 .
The object was discovered by Ormond Stone on October 15, 1887 .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0184” overwrites the previously used key “IC0184”.