IC 1948
| Galaxy IC 1948 |
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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 49.9 s |
| declination | -47 ° 57 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) c / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.80 x 0.7 |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.046032 ± 0.000667 |
| Radial velocity | 13,800 +/- 200 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(610 ± 44) · 10 6 Lj (187.1 ± 13.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | December 6, 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1948 • PGC 013045 • ESO 200-032 • 2MASX J03305004-4757533 • GALEX ASC J033049.86-475753.6 | |
IC 1948 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Pendulum Clock in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 610 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 145,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 1944 and IC 1949 , among others .
The object was discovered on December 6, 1899 by DeLisle Stewart .