IC 1912
| Galaxy IC 1912 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Pendulum clock |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 16 m 43.4 s |
| declination | -50 ° 39 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S ... |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 x 0.2 |
| Position angle | 6 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.031215 ± 0., 000150 |
| Radial velocity | 9358 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(412 ± 29) x 10 6 ly (126.2 ± 8.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | October 14, 1898 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1912 • PGC 12172 • ESO 031511-5050.3 • IRAS 03151-5050 • 2MASX J03164331-5039258 • | |
IC 1912 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S in the constellation Pendulum Clock in the southern sky . It is around 412 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 110,000 light years.
The galaxies IC 1903 and IC 1915 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on October 14, 1898 .