IC 1861

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Galaxy
IC 1861
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Constellation Aries
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 02 h 53 m 07.0 s
declination + 25 ° 29 ′ 25 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 13.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.3 mag
Angular expansion 1.20 'x 0.8'
Position angle 150 °
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation isolated  
Redshift 0.022359 ± 0.000013  
Radial velocity 6703 ± 4 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(303 ± 21)  x  10 6  ly
(92.9 ± 6.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery Edward E. Barnard
Catalog names
IC  1861 • UGC  2357 • PGC  10905 • CGCG  484-023 • MCG  + 04-07-028 • 2MASX  J02530696 + 2529252 • 2MASS J02530697 + 2529258 • KIG 120 • 2MIG 343

IC 1861 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Aries on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 303 million light years from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years across.

The type II supernova SN 1999eg was observed here.

The object was discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 1861
  3. Simbad
  4. Seligman