IC 1937
| Galaxy IC 1937 |
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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 26 m 47.6 s |
| declination | -48 ° 42 ′ 09 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 x 0.5 |
| Position angle | 52 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022766 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 6825 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(298 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (91.5 ± 6.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | December 6, 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1937 • PGC 12856 • ESO 200-G025 • IRAS F03252-4852 • 2MASX J03264771-4842094 • GALEX ASC J032647.48-484209.6 | |
IC 1937 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation pendulum clock on the southern sky . It is estimated to be 298 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on December 6, 1899 .