IC 1864
| Galaxy IC 1864 |
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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 53 m 39.31 s |
| declination | -34 ° 11 ′ 51.5 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E? |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.20 'x 0.7' |
| Position angle | 63 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015164 ± 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 4546 ± 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(199 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (61.0 ± 4.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | October 19, 1897 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1864 • PGC 10925 • ESO 356-017 • MCG -06-07-011 • 2MASX J02533933-3411515 • GALEX ASC J025339.29-341152.1 • WISEA J025339.29-341151.4 | |
IC 1864 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E4 in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 199 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 1862 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on October 19, 1897 .