IC 2163

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Galaxy
IC 2163
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NGC2207 + IC2163.jpg
The galaxies NGC 2207 (left) and IC 2163 (right) captured by the Hubble Space Telescope
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Constellation Big dog
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 06 h 16 m 28.0 s
declination -21 ° 22 ′ 33 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (rs) c pec  
Brightness  (visual) 11.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 12.4 mag
Angular expansion 3 ′ × 1.2 ′
Position angle 98 °
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.009223 ± 0.000067  
Radial velocity (2755 ± 20) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(116 ± 8)  x  10 6  ly
(35.5 ± 2.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery Herbert Alonzo Howe
Discovery date February 11, 1898
Catalog names
IC  2163 • UGCA  125 • PGC  18751 • ESO  556-009 • MCG  -04-15-021 • 2MASX  J06162800-2122330 • SGC  061420-2121.4 • LDCE 0431 NED009

IC 2163 is a bar-spiral galaxy in the constellation Great Dog , about 116 million light years from the Milky Way . It is currently colliding with the larger spiral galaxy NGC 2207 .

The object was discovered on February 11, 1898 by Herbert Alonzo Howe .

Web links

Commons : IC 2163  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 2163
  3. Seligman