IC 30

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Galaxy
IC 30
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 00 h 34 m 14.7 s
declination -02 ° 05 ′ 04 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S.  
Brightness  (visual) 15.9 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.7 mag
Angular expansion 0.7 ′ × 0.4 ′
Position angle 21 °
Surface brightness 14.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.082060 ± 0.000150  
Radial velocity 24601 ± 45 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(1103 ± 77)  x  10 6  ly
(338.1 ± 23.7)  Mpc 
diameter 130,000 ly
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date November 6, 1891
Catalog names
IC  30 • PGC  2050/1102147 • MCG  + 00-02-074 • 2MASX  J00341472-0205044 •

IC 30 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S in the constellation Whale in the southern sky . It is around 1.1 billion light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 130,000 light years .

The object was discovered on November 6, 1891 by Stéphane Javelle .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 30
  3. Seligman