IC 33
Galaxy IC 33 |
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IC 33 & IC 32 SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | whale |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 00 h 35 m 05.1 s |
declination | -02 ° 08 ′ 16 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S0 |
Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.055645 ± 0.000150 |
Radial velocity | 16,682 ± 45 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(749 ± 53) · 10 6 Lj (229.7 ± 16.1) Mpc |
diameter | 115,000 ly |
history | |
discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
Discovery date | November 6, 1891 |
Catalog names | |
IC 33 • PGC 2101 • MCG + 00-02-082 • 2MASX J00350516-0208154 • GALEX ASC J003505.22-020813.4 |
IC 33 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Whale in the southern sky . It is around 749 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 155,000 light years . Because of their nearly identical distance and direction, IC 33 and IC 32 could be a gravitationally bound pair .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 161 , IC 29 , IC 30 , IC 1557 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on November 6, 1891 .