IC 1868
| Galaxy IC 1868 |
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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 56 m 05.8 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 22 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.40 x 0.3 |
| Position angle | 70 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026372 ± 0.000087 |
| Radial velocity | 7906 ± 26 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(355 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (108.7 ± 7.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | January 29, 1897 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1868 • PGC 3091399 • 2MASX J02560584 + 0922433 • | |
IC 1868 is a lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is an estimated 355 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a disk diameter of around 40,000 light years.
The galaxies IC 1863 , IC 1865 , IC 1867 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on January 29, 1897 .