IC 186

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Galaxy
IC 186
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SDSS image from IC 186
SDSS image from IC 186
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 02 h 00 m 24.5 s
declination -01 ° 33 ′ 06 ″
Appearance
Morphological type 1-3: E / S0?  
Brightness  (visual) 1: 14.5 mag
2: 14.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 1: 15.3 mag
2: 15.4 mag
Angular expansion 1: 0.6 / 0.4
2: 0.3 / 0.3
3: 0.2 / 0.1
Position angle 1: 27 °
Surface brightness 1: 12.8 mag / arcmin²
2: 11.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.042569 +/- 0.000110  
Radial velocity 12762 +/- 33 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(572 ± 40)  ·  10 6  ly
(175.3 ± 12.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date December 14, 1892
Catalog names
IC  186 • PGC  7599 / PGC 144487 / PGC 7600 • CGCG  387-023 • MCG  + 00-06-020 / 021 •

IC 186 is an interacting galaxy triplet in the constellation Whale. It is an estimated 572 million light years from the Milky Way .

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

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 186
  3. Seligman