IC 1902
| Galaxy IC 1902 |
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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 12.4 s |
| declination | + 37 ° 10 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.40 × 0.4 |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 94 |
| Redshift | 0.023533 ± 0.000200 |
| Radial velocity | 7055 ± 60 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(319 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (97.9 ± 6.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | January 18, 1898 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1902 • PGC 12150 • CGCG 525-015 • 2MASX J03161242 + 3710387 • GALEX ASC J031612.37 + 371037.7 • KTG 10C | |
IC 1902 is a lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is an estimated 319 million light years from the Milky Way and about 35,000 light years in diameter. Together with IC 1900 and IC 1901 , it forms the isolated galaxy trio KTG 10 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on January 18, 1898 .