IC 1944
| Galaxy IC 1944 |
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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 29 m 40.0 s |
| declination | -47 ° 59 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 x 0.4 |
| Position angle | 12 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.038927 ± 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 11,670 ± 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(515 ± 36) x 10 6 ly (157.9 ± 11.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | December 6, 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1944 • PGC 12987 • ESO 032805-4810.0 • IRAS F03281-4809 • 2MASX J03293999-4759461 • GALEX ASC J032940.06-475947.6 | |
IC 1944 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S in the constellation Horologium in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 515 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 70,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 1948 and IC 1949 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on December 6, 1899 .