IC 1118
| Galaxy IC 1118 / IC 4543 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 24 m 59.5 s |
| declination | + 13 ° 26 ′ 42 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 84 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022442 ± 0.000167 |
| Radial velocity | 6728 ± 50 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(303 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (93.0 ± 6.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | July 29, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1118 • IC 4543 • PGC 55035 • CGCG 077-122 • MCG + 02-39-029 • 2MASX J15245954 + 1326421 • GALEX ASC J152459.58 + 132642.7 • USGC U702 NED02 • HOLM 709A | |
IC 1118 = IC 4543 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S in the constellation Snake in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 303 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 90,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5926 .
The object was discovered on July 29, 1891 by the French astronomer Stéphane Javelle .