IC 1863
| Galaxy IC 1863 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 54 m 50.742 s |
| declination | + 08 ° 47 ′ 03.77 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | C. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.40 × 0.4 |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025524 ± 0.000060 |
| Radial velocity | 7652 ± 18 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(343 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (105.2 ± 7.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 21, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1861 • PGC 10997 • CGCG 415-024 • MCG + 01-08-015 • 2MASX J02545071 + 0847038 • LDCE 0209 NED004 • WISEA J025450.74 + 084703.6 | |
IC 1863 is a compact galaxy of Hubble type C in the constellation Cetus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 343 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 1865 , IC 1867 , IC 1868 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 21, 1903 .