IC 1970
| Galaxy IC 1970 |
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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 31.5 s |
| declination | -43 ° 57 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.10 × 0.6 |
| Position angle | 78 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 102 |
| Redshift | 0.004146 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | (1243 ± 4) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(49 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (15.1 ± 1.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | November 17, 1897 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1970 • PGC 13322 • ESO 249-007 • MCG -07-08-003 • IRAS 03348-4407 • 2MASX J03363152-4357246 • SGC 033450-4407.3 • LDCE 266 NED008 | |
IC 1970 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Horologium in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 49 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 45,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1411 , IC 1948 , IC 1969 , IC 1986 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on November 17, 1897 .