IC 1947
| Galaxy IC 1947 |
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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 30 m 32.8 s |
| declination | -50 ° 20 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 '× 0.4' |
| Position angle | 137 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.038507 +/- 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 11,544 +/- 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(509 ± 36) x 10 6 ly (156.1 ± 10.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | October 14, 1898 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1947 • PGC 13027 • ESO 200-030 • 2MASX J03303282-5020186 • GALEX ASC J033032.80-502018.0 • AM 329-502 NED02 | |
IC 1947 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E2 in the constellation Horologium in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 509 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 NGC 1356 , IC 1950 , IC 1959 , IC 1968 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on October 14, 1898 .