IC 1920

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Galaxy
IC 1920
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Constellation Pendulum clock
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 24 m 24.4 s
declination -52 ° 42 ′ 49 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SBa  
Brightness  (visual) 15.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.4 mag
Angular expansion 0.40 x 0.3
Position angle 160 °
Surface brightness 13.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Abell 3125  
Redshift 0.060745 ± 0.000334  
Radial velocity 18,211 ± 100 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(807 ± 57)  ·  10 6  Lj
(247.4 ± 17.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery DeLisle Stewart
Discovery date October 14, 1898
Catalog names
IC  1920 • PGC  74394 • 2MASX  J03242439-5242489 • GALEX ASC J032424.26-524248.0

IC 1920 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Pendulum Clock in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 807 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 95,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky there are u. a. the galaxies IC 1917 , IC 1933 , IC 1938 , IC 1942 .

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 1920
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key "IC 1920" overwrites the previously used key "IC1920".