IC 1895
| Galaxy IC 1895 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Chemical furnace |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 09 m 36.2 s |
| declination | -25 ° 15 ′ 13 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R?) SAB (r'l) 0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.50 '× 1.1' |
| Position angle | 153 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012752 +/- 0.000173 |
| Radial velocity | 3823 +/- 52 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(167 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (51.2 ± 3.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | October 8, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1895 • PGC 11807 • ESO 481-001 • 2MASX J03093622-2515129 • SGC 030726-2526.6 • LEDA 11807 • NVSS J030935-251509 | |
IC 1895 is a lens-shaped galaxy SB0 / a of the Hubble type SB in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is an estimated 167 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 75,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1210 and IC 1899 , among others .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on October 8, 1896 .