IC 1867

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Galaxy
IC 1867
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Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 02 h 55 m 52.2 s
declination + 09 ° 18 ′ 43 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0 / LINER / Sy2  
Brightness  (visual) 13.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.8 mag
Angular expansion 1.5 ′ × 1.2 ′
Position angle 15 °
Surface brightness 14.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.025728 ± 0.000073  
Radial velocity 7713 ± 22 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(346 ± 24)  x  10 6  ly
(106.0 ± 7.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date January 29, 1897
Catalog names
IC  1867 • UGC  2400 • PGC  11070 • CGCG  415-029 • 2MASX  J02555226 + 0918423 • 2XMM J025551.9 + 091844 • LDCE 209 NED008

IC 1867 is a lens-shaped galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is an estimated 346 million light years from the Milky Way and has a disk diameter of about 155,000 light years.
The galaxies IC 1863 , IC 1865 , IC 1868 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on January 29, 1897 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 1867
  3. Seligman