IC 185

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Galaxy
IC 185
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SDSS image from IC 185
SDSS image from IC 185
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 02 h 00 m 06.0 s
declination -01 ° 31 ′ 42 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sab  
Brightness  (visual) 15.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.2 mag
Angular expansion 0.50 × 0.2
Position angle 88 °
Surface brightness 12.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.043997 +/- 0.000150  
Radial velocity 13,190 +/- 45 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(591 ± 41)  ·  10 6  ly
(181.1 ± 12.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date December 14, 1892
Catalog names
IC  185 • PGC  7576 • MCG  + 00-06-019 • 2MASX  J02000603-0131420 • GALEX ASC J020006.09-013141.5 • 2MASS J02000604-0131420

IC 185 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 591 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 85,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky there are u. a. the galaxies IC 176 , IC 186 , IC 1756 , IC 1757 .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 14, 1892 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 185
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sort key “IC 0185” overwrites the previously used key “IC0185”.