IC 41
| Galaxy IC 41 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 39 m 40.4 s |
| declination | -14 ° 10 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S / Irr |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.40 'x 0.4' |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013206 ± 0.000334 |
| Radial velocity | (3959 ± 100) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(179 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (54.8 ± 4.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | August 26, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 41 • PGC 138206 • 2MASX J00394036-1410274 • | |
IC 41 is an irregular dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type S / Irr in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 179 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 20,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 178 , NGC 187 , NGC 207 , NGC 210 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on August 26, 1892 .