IC 1860
| Galaxy IC 1860 |
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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 33.7 s |
| declination | -31 ° 11 ′ 21 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E4 / BrClG |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.20 'x 1.7' |
| Position angle | 6 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | SSRS group 67 |
| Redshift | 0.022902 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 6866 ± 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(303 ± 21) x 10 6 ly (92.9 ± 6.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 5, 1897 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1860 • PGC 10707 • ESO 416-031 • MCG -05-07-035 • IRAS F02476-3124 • 2MASX J02493387-3111219 • SGC 024728-3123.8 • GALEX ASC J024933.88-311123.2 • LDCE 203 NED005 | |
IC 1860 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E4 in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 303 million light years from the Milky Way and about 205,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 1858 and IC 1859 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on September 5, 1897 .