IC 1906
| Galaxy IC 1906 |
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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 16 m 05.6 s |
| declination | -34 ° 21 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (s) bc? / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.20 × 0.4 |
| Position angle | 63 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016478 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 4940 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(216 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (66.2 ± 4.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1906 • PGC 12138 • ESO 357-011 • MCG -06-08-001 • IRAS 03141-3432 • 2MASX J03160565-3421385 • SGC 31406-3432.6 • | |
IC 1906 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 216 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 80,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 1909 .
The property was discovered by DeLisle Stewart in 1899 .