IC 1899
Galaxy IC 1899 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Chemical furnace |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 03 h 12 m 13.1 s |
declination | -25 ° 18 ′ 18 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S0 / a |
Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.10 × 0.3 |
Position angle | 165 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.020881 +/- 0.000117 |
Radial velocity | 6260 +/- 35 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(276 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (84.6 ± 5.9) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Lewis Swift |
Discovery date | December 22, 1897 |
Catalog names | |
IC 1899 • PGC 11930 • ESO 481-008 • MCG -04-08-041 • IRAS 03100-2529 • 2MASX J03121312-2518175 • GALEX ASC J031213.01-251817.1 |
IC 1899 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 276 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 90,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1255 and IC 1895 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on December 22, 1897 .