IC 1898
Galaxy IC 1898 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Eridanus |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 03 h 10 m 19.8 s |
declination | -22 ° 24 ′ 17 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SB (s) c: / HII |
Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
Angular expansion | 3.60 'x 0.6' |
Position angle | 73 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | Eridanus cluster of galaxies |
Redshift | 0.004420 +/- 0.000017 |
Radial velocity | 1325 +/- 5 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(56 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (17.1 ± 1.2) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
Discovery date | 1899 |
Catalog names | |
IC 1898 • PGC 11851 • ESO 481-002 • MCG -04-08-036 • IRAS 03081-2235 • 2MASX J03101907-2224216 • SGC 030807-2235.6 • LDCE 251 NED003 |
IC 1898 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation areas of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 56 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 60,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1228 , NGC 1229 , NGC 1230 , IC 1892 , among others .
The property was discovered by DeLisle Stewart in 1899 .