IC 1897
| Galaxy IC 1897 |
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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 10 m 45.9 s |
| declination | -10 ° 47 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB? / Sbrst |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 '× 0.5' |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016415 +/- 0.000047 |
| Radial velocity | 4921 +/- 14 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(218 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (66.8 ± 4.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Herbert Alonzo Howe |
| Discovery date | January 24, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1897 • PGC 11866 • MCG -02-09-009 • IRAS 03083-1059 • 2MASX J03104591-1047464 • LEDA 11866 • USGC S115 NED01 | |
IC 1897 is a bar-spiral galaxy with a high rate of star formation of the Hubble type SB in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 218 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 30,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1238 , NGC 1247 , IC 303 , among others .
The object was discovered on January 24, 1900 by Herbert Alonzo Howe .