IC 1899
| Galaxy IC 1899 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Chemical furnace |
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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 |
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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 .