IC 1968
| Galaxy IC 1968 |
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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 34 m 37.8 s |
| declination | -50 ° 39 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc: |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 × 0.3 |
| Position angle | 92 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.037796 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 11,331 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(500 ± 35) · 10 6 Lj (153.2 ± 10.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | October 14, 1898 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1968 • PGC 13236 • ESO 200-043 • 2MASX J03343778-5039046 • GALEX ASC J033437.82-503904.3 | |
IC 1968 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Horologium in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 500 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 75,000 light years
. a. the galaxies IC 1950 , IC 1959 , IC 1966 , IC 1978 .
The object was discovered on October 14, 1898 by DeLisle Stewart .