IC 1956

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Galaxy
IC 1956
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IC 1956 [1]
IC 1956
AladinLite
Constellation bull
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 35 m 33.17 s
declination + 05 ° 04 ′ 01.2 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SBbc:  
Brightness  (visual) 14.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.4 mag
Angular expansion 1.60 x 0.3
Position angle 34 °
Surface brightness 13.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation isolated  
Redshift 0.021351 ± 0.000023  
Radial velocity 6401 ± 7 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(285 ± 20)  x  10 6  ly
(87.5 ± 6.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date December 22, 1897
Catalog names
IC  1956 • UGC  2795 • PGC  13279 • CGCG  417-001 • MCG  + 01-10-001 • IRAS  03329 + 0454 • 2MASX  J03353316 + 0504013 • GALEX ASC J033533.34 + 050405.6 • NVSS J033533 + 050402 • KIG 130

IC 1956 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Taurus on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 285 million light years from the Milky Way and approximately 135,000 light years in diameter.

The Type Ia supernova SN 2003in was observed here.

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 22, 1897 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : IC 1956
  4. ↑ Simbad
  5. ↑ Seligman