IC 511
| Galaxy IC 511 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | giraffe |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 40 m 50.4 s |
| declination | + 73 ° 19 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 143 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012085 ± 0.000163 |
| Radial velocity | (3623 ± 49) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(167 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (51.3 ± 3.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 1, 1888 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 511 • UGC 4510 • PGC 24397 • CGCG 331-055 / 332-002 • MCG + 12-09-003 • 2MASX J08405044 + 7329118 • LDCE 0573 NED014 | |
IC 511 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Giraffe in the northern sky . It is an estimated 167 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on September 1, 1888 . However, new research has shown that Lewis Swift observed the galaxy NGC 2646 , which fits the description perfectly.