IC 1914

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Galaxy
IC 1914
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Constellation Pendulum clock
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 19 m 25.2 s
declination -49 ° 35 ′ 59 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SA (s) cd  
Brightness  (visual) 12.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.3 mag
Angular expansion 3.40 x 1.6
Position angle 86 °
Surface brightness 14.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.003432 ± 0.000003  
Radial velocity 1029 ± 1 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(40 ± 3)  x  10 6  ly
(12.2 ± 0.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery DeLisle Stewart
Discovery date October 14, 1898
Catalog names
IC  1914 • PGC  12390 • ESO  200-003 • IRAS  F03178-4946 • 2MASX  J03192525-4935592 • SGC  031751-4946.8 •

IC 1914 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBcd in the constellation Pendulum Clock in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 40 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 45,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky is the galaxy IC 1916 .

The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on October 14, 1898 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 1914
  3. Seligman