IC 1969
| Galaxy IC 1969 |
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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 36 m 13.8 s |
| declination | -45 ° 10 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 42 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.067573 +/- 0.000113 |
| Radial velocity | 20,258 +/- 34 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(899 ± 63) · 10 6 Lj (275.6 ± 19.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | December 6, 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1969 • PGC 13303 • ESO 249-005 • 2MASX J03361383-4510465 • | |
IC 1969 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sab in the constellation Horologium in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 899 million light years from the Milky Way and about 350,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on December 6, 1899 .