IC 1862
| Galaxy IC 1862 |
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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 51 m 58.80 s |
| declination | -33 ° 20 ′ 24.6 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAbc: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.00 'x 0.3' |
| Position angle | 3 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.021348 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 6400 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(282 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (86.4 ± 6.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | November 25, 1897 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1862 • PGC 10858 • ESO 356-015 • MCG -06-07-010 • IRAS 02499-3332 • SGC 024955-3332.6 • HIPASS J0251-33 • 2MIG 340 • NVSS J025158-332019 | |
IC 1862 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Fornax south of the southern sky . It is an estimated 282 million light years away from the Milky Way and is approximately 255,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 1864 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on November 25, 1897 .