IC 1962

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Galaxy
IC 1962
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IC 1962 DSS.jpg
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Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 35 m 37.5 s
declination -21 ° 17 ′ 39 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (s) dm  
Brightness  (visual) 14.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.7 mag
Angular expansion 2.70 x 0.5
Position angle 2 °
Surface brightness 14.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation LGG 097  
Redshift 0.006024 ± 0.000020  
Radial velocity (1718 ± 7) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(77 ± 6)  ·  10 6  ly
(23.5 ± 1.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery DeLisle Stewart
Discovery date 1899
Catalog names
IC  1962 • PGC  13283 • ESO  548-050 • MCG  -04-09-031 • SGC  33325-2127.4 • USGC S128 NED36

IC 1962 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBd in the constellation Eridanus south of the celestial equator . It is an estimated 77 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter . In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1353 , NGC 1370 , NGC 1377 , IC 1953 .

The property was discovered by DeLisle Stewart in 1899 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 1962
  3. Seligman