IC 1975

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Galaxy
IC 1975
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Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 39 m 03.5 s
declination -15 ° 30 ′ 01 ″
Appearance
Morphological type P  
Brightness  (visual) 14.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.6 mag
Angular expansion 0.30 'x 0.3'
Surface brightness 12.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.034547 +/- 0.000150  
Radial velocity 10,283 +/- 45 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(460 ± 32)  ·  10 6  ly
(140.9 ± 9.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery Herbert Alonzo Howe
Discovery date January 19, 1900
Catalog names
IC  1975 • PGC  3080474 • 2MASX  J03390357-1530005 • GALEX ASC J033903.66-153000.1 • NVSS J033903-152953

IC 1975 is a dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type C in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 460 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 40,000 ly
. a. the galaxies NGC 1372 , NGC 1388 , NGC 1405 , NGC 1413 .

The object was discovered on January 19, 1900 by Herbert Alonzo Howe .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 1975
  3. Seligman