IC 1898
| Galaxy IC 1898 |
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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 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 |
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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 .