IC 1844

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Galaxy
IC 1844
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IC 1844 [1]
IC 1844
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 02 h 45 m 49.400 s
declination + 03 ° 13 ′ 49.10 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sbc  
Brightness  (visual) 14.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.3 mag
Angular expansion 0.80 'x 0.3'
Position angle 105 °
Surface brightness 12.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.022719 ± 0.000067  
Radial velocity 6811 ± 20 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(305 ± 22)  ·  10 6  ly
(93.5 ± 6.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stephane Javelle
Discovery date December 18, 1897
Catalog names
IC  1844 • PGC  10448 • CGCG  389-006 • MCG  + 00-08-007 • IRAS  02432 + 0301 • 2MASX  J02454932 + 0313517 • NVSS J024549 + 031353 • USGC U146 NED04 • NSA 132512

IC 1844 is a bright faint spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 305 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter. In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1085 , IC 1834 , IC 1836 , IC 1843 .

The Type Ia supernova SN 1995ak was observed here.

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 18, 1897 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : IC 1844
  4. ↑ Simbad
  5. ↑ Seligman