IC 1901
| Galaxy IC 1901 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Perseus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 16 m 02.6 s |
| declination | + 37 ° 06 ′ 45 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.80 × 0.2 |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 94 |
| Redshift | 0.017619 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 5282 ± 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(240 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (73.6 ± 5.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | January 18, 1898 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1901 • PGC 012136 • CGCG 525-014 • MCG + 06-08-008 • 2MASX J03160262 + 3706452 • LDCE 242 NED005 • KTG 10B | |
IC 1901 is a Hubble-type Sa spiral galaxy in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 240 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light years in diameter. Together with IC 1900 and IC 1902 , it forms the isolated galaxy trio KTG 10 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on January 18, 1898 .