IC 1869
| Galaxy IC 1869 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 58 m 11.7 s |
| declination | + 05 ° 50 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.60 × 0.2 |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 400 |
| Redshift | 0.024510 ± 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | 7348 ± 23 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(329 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (100.9 ± 7.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 14, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1869 • PGC 11224 • CGCG 415-044 • 2MASX J02581169 + 0550119 • GALEX ASC J025811.60 + 055013.0 • LDCE 210 NED013 | |
IC 1869 is a lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is an estimated 329 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a disk diameter of about 60,000 light years.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 14, 1903 .