IC 1858
| Galaxy IC 1858 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Chemical furnace |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 49 m 08.4 s |
| declination | -31 ° 17 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0 + / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.70 'x 0.5' |
| Position angle | 176 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | SSRS group 67 |
| Redshift | 0.020247 ± 0.000050 |
| Radial velocity | 6070 ± 15 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(267 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (82.0 ± 5.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 5, 1897 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1858 • PGC 10671 • ESO 416-029 • MCG -05-07-033 • IRAS F02470-3130 • 2MASX J02490842-3117231 • SGC 024702-3129.8 • GALEX ASC J024908.43-311723.1 • LDCE 203 NED004 | |
IC 1858 is a lenticular galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 267 million light years from the Milky Way and about 140,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 1859 and IC 1860 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on September 5, 1897 .