IC 1993
| Galaxy IC 1993 |
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| Image taken with the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Chemical furnace |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 47 m 04.8 s |
| declination | -33 ° 42 ′ 35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SA (s) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.50 × 2.2 |
| Position angle | 56 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Fornax cluster |
| Redshift | 0.003602 +/- 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 1080 +/- 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(43 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (13.1 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | November 19, 1897 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1993 • PGC 13840 • ESO 358-065 • MCG -06-09-032 • IRAS 03451-3351 • 2MASX J03470480-3342354 • SGC 034509-3351.9 • LDCE 0249 NED042 | |
IC 1993 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is an estimated 43 million light years away from the Milky Way , has a diameter of about 50,000 ly and is listed under catalog number FCC 315 as a member of the Fornax galaxy cluster .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on November 19, 1897 .