IC 2179

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Galaxy
IC 2179
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IC 2179 [1]
IC 2179
AladinLite
Constellation giraffe
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 07 h 15 m 32.31 s
declination + 64 ° 55 ′ 34.3 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E1-2  
Brightness  (visual) 12.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.5 likes
Angular expansion 1.1 ′ × 1.1 ′
Surface brightness 12.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation NGC 2347 group
LGG 140  
Redshift 0.014463 ± 0.000163  
Radial velocity 4336 ± 49 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(198 ± 14)  ·  10 6  ly
(60.7 ± 4.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Guillaume Bigourdan
Discovery date February 24, 1894
Catalog names
IC  2179 • UGC  3750 • PGC  20516 • CGCG  309-025 • MCG  + 11-09-038a • 2MASX  J07153231 + 6455343 • 2MASS J07153228 + 6455345 • LDCE 495 NED003 • KPG 128A

IC 2179 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E1 in the constellation Camelopardalis in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 198 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light-years across. Together with NGC 2347 it forms the isolated galaxy pair KPG 128 and together they are members of the eight galaxies NGC 2347 group ( LGG 140 ).

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 2347 .

The object was discovered by Guillaume Bigourdan on February 24, 1894 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e SEDS : IC 2179
  4. ^ VizieR
  5. ↑ Seligman