IC 1978
| Galaxy IC 1978 |
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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 37 m 05.6 s |
| declination | -50 ° 09 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab? / sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.10 × 0.2 |
| Position angle | 7 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024020 +/- 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 7201 +/- 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(315 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (96.6 ± 6.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | October 14, 1898 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1978 • PGC 13350 • ESO 200-052 • 2MASX J03370562-5009029 • SGC 033537-5018.9 • GALEX ASC J033705.49-500901.2 | |
IC 1978 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab? in the constellation pendulum clock in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 315 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 100,000 ly
. a. the galaxies IC 1968 and IC 1974 .
The object was discovered on October 14, 1898 by DeLisle Stewart .