IC 1909
| Galaxy IC 1909 |
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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 17 m 20.0 s |
| declination | -33 ° 41 ′ 24 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) off |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.20 x 0.6 |
| Position angle | 60 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025334 ± 0.000120 |
| Radial velocity | 7595 ± 36 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(335 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (102.6 ± 7.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1909 • PGC 12212 • ESO 031520-3352.4 • MCG -06-08-003 • 2MASX J03172000-3341240 • SGC 031520-3352.4 • GALEX ASC J031719.98-334124.6 | |
IC 1909 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 335 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 120,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 1906 .
The property was discovered by DeLisle Stewart in 1899 .