IC 1875

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Galaxy
IC 1875
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Constellation Chemical furnace
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 03 m 56.6 s
declination -39 ° 26 ′ 26 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB (rs) 0-:  
Brightness  (visual) 12.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.5 likes
Angular expansion 1.40 × 1.2
Position angle 3 °
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.020321 +/- 0.000107  
Radial velocity 6092 +/- 32 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(267 ± 19)  x  10 6  ly
(81.9 ± 5.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date September 29, 1897
Catalog names
IC  1875 • PGC  11549 • ESO  300-006 • MCG  -07-07-002 • 2MASX  J03035662-3926254 • SGC  30202-3938.1 • GALEX ASC J030356.59-392623.8 • LDCE 0220 NED002

IC 1875 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SAB (rs) 0 in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 267 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on September 29, 1897 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 1875
  3. Seligman