IC 1877

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Galaxy
IC 1877
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Constellation Pendulum clock
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 03 m 09.6 s
declination -50 ° 30 ′ 43 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sb: / pec  
Brightness  (visual) 15.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.3 mag
Angular expansion 0.80 × 0.2
Position angle 155 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.024500 ± 0.000213  
Radial velocity 7345 ± 64 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(322 ± 23)  x  10 6  ly
(98.8 ± 7.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery DeLisle Stewart
Discovery date December 5, 1899
Catalog names
IC  1877 • PGC  11495 • ESO  199-011 • SGC  30134-5042.4 •

IC 1877 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Pendulum Clock in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 322 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on December 5, 1899 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 1877
  3. Seligman