IC 1867
| Galaxy IC 1867 |
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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 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 |
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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 .