IC 1896
| Galaxy IC 1896 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Pendulum clock |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 07 m 52.5 s |
| declination | -54 ° 12 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.70 '× 0.3' |
| Position angle | 16 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.003589 +/- 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 1076 +/- 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(42 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (12.8 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | December 5, 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1896 • PGC 11722 • ESO 155-004 • LEDA 11722 • MRSS 155-110846 | |
IC 1896 is a dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type Sab in the constellation Horologium in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 42 million light years from the Milky Way and about 10,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on December 5, 1899 .