IC 1856
| Galaxy IC 1856 |
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![SDSS image of IC 1856 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:IC1856_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| SDSS image from IC 1856 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 48 m 50.798 s |
| declination | -00 ° 46 ′ 02.61 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SB (r) from: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.10 × 0.6 |
| Position angle | 60 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021648 ± 0.000040 |
| Radial velocity | 6490 ± 12 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(290 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (88.9 ± 6.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | January 24, 1898 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1856 • UGC 2291 • PGC 10647 • CGCG 389-021 • MCG + 00-08-021 • IRAS 02463-0058 • 2MASX J02485079-0046029 • GALEX ASC J024850.83-004602.9 • LDCE 202 NED003 • NVSS J024850-004601 | |
IC 1856 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is an estimated 290 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light-years across.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1087 , NGC 1094 , NGC 1104 , IC 264 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on January 24, 1898 .