IC 1953
Galaxy IC 1953 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Eridanus |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 03 h 33 m 41.9 s |
declination | -21 ° 28 ′ 43 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SB (rs) d / HII |
Brightness (visual) | 11.6 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 12.3 mag |
Angular expansion | 2.90 × 2.1 |
Position angle | 121 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.006228 ± 0.000020 |
Radial velocity | 1867 ± 6 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(80 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (24.4 ± 1.7) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
Discovery date | 1899 |
Catalog names | |
IC 1953 • PGC 13184 • ESO 548-038 • MCG -04-09-026 • IRAS 03314-2138 • 2MASX J03334188-2128430 • SGC 33129-2138.7 • USGC S128 NED43 |
IC 1953 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Eridanus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 80 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light-years across .
The galaxies NGC 1353 , NGC 1370 , NGC 1377 , IC 1962 are located in the same area of the sky .
The property was discovered by DeLisle Stewart in 1899 .