IC 1882
| Galaxy  IC 1882  | 
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale | 
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Position  equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0  | 
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| Right ascension | 03 h 07 m 49.3 s | 
| declination | + 03 ° 08 ′ 52 ″ | 
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc | 
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag | 
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag | 
| Angular expansion | 0.90 x 0.5 | 
| Position angle | 20 ° | 
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² | 
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023810 ± 0.000050 | 
| Radial velocity | 7138 ± 15 km / s | 
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Stroke distance  v rad / H 0  | 
(319 ± 22)  ·  10 6  ly (97.8 ± 6.8) Mpc  | 
| history | |
| discovery | Stephane Javelle | 
| Discovery date | January 29, 1894 | 
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1882 • UGC 2551 • PGC 11718 • CGCG 390-003 • MCG + 00-09-002 • IRAS F03052 + 0257 • 2MASX J03074931 + 0308525 • GALEX ASC J030749.27 + 030850.1 | |
IC 1882 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Cetus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 319 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on January 29, 1894 .