IC 1879
Galaxy IC 1879 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Pendulum clock |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 03 h 03 m 52.4 s |
declination | -52 ° 07 ′ 04 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S? |
Brightness (visual) | 15.1 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.9 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
Position angle | 136 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.041769 ± 0.000150 |
Radial velocity | 12,522 ± 45 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(553 ± 39) · 10 6 ly (169.6 ± 11.9) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
Discovery date | December 5, 1899 |
Catalog names | |
IC 1879 • PGC 11542 • ESO 199-014 • 2MASX J03035246-5207040 • GALEX ASC J030352.57-520704.7 |
IC 1879 is a galaxy of Hubble type S? in the constellation Horologium in the southern sky . It is an estimated 553 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a disk diameter of about 100,000 light years.
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on December 5, 1899 .