IC 1899

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Galaxy
IC 1899
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Constellation Chemical furnace
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 1899
  3. Seligman