IC 1885

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Galaxy
IC 1885
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Constellation Chemical furnace
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 06 m 40.4 s
declination -32 ° 51 ′ 49 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sc?  
Brightness  (visual) 14.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.8 mag
Angular expansion 1.40 'x 0.5'
Position angle 138 °
Surface brightness 13.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.015861 ± 0.000033  
Radial velocity 4755 ± 10 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(208 ± 15)  ·  10 6  ly
(63.8 ± 4.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery DeLisle Stewart
Discovery date 1899
Catalog names
IC  1885 • PGC  11665 • ESO  357-003 • IRAS  F03046-3303 • 2MASX  J03064031-3251477 • SGC  030438-3303.4 • GALEX ASC J030640.54-325149.4 •

IC 1885 is a faint spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Fornax south of the southern sky . It is estimated to be 208 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter.

The property was discovered by DeLisle Stewart in 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 1885
  3. Seligman