IC 1886
| Galaxy IC 1886 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 08 m 03.2 s |
| declination | -04 ° 23 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028757 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 8621 ± 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(384 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (117.8 ± 8.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Guillaume Bigourdan |
| Discovery date | December 9, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1886 • PGC 11724 • MCG -01-09-001 • 2MASX J03080326-0423593 • GALEX ASC J030803.14-042359.4 • GIN 176 • LDCE 234 NED002 | |
IC 1886 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 384 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 115,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1221 , NGC 1223 , NGC 1225 , among others .
The object was discovered by Guillaume Bigourdan on December 9, 1893 .