IC 1997
| Galaxy IC 1997 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | network |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 44 m 51.9 s |
| declination | -59 ° 08 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) c? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.20 x 0.6 |
| Position angle | 73 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018223 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 5463 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(237 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (72.6 ± 5.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | December 8, 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1997 • PGC 13740 • ESO 117-007 • 2MASX J03445178-5908166 • MRSS 117-083374 | |
IC 1997 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Netz in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 237 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxy NGC 1463 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on December 8, 1899 .