IC 1946
| Galaxy IC 1946 |
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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 22.2 s |
| declination | -52 ° 37 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (s) 0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 × 0.4 |
| Position angle | 62 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.038770 +/- 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | 11,623 +/- 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(513 ± 36) · 10 6 ly (157.2 ± 11.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | October 14, 1898 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1946 • PGC 12972 • ESO 155-039 • 2MASX J03292219-5237094 • GALEX ASC J032922.29-523711.5 | |
IC 1946 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Horologium in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 54 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 20,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 1940 , IC 1942 , IC 1945 , IC 1951 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on October 14, 1898 .