IC 515
| Galaxy IC 515 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 35 m 31.3 s |
| declination | -01 ° 54 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.70 '× 0.4' |
| Position angle | 28 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 188 |
| Redshift | 0.029500 ± 0.000170 |
| Radial velocity | 8844 ± 51 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(388 ± 27) x 10 6 ly (118.9 ± 8.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | March 21, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 515 • PGC 24125 • CGCG 004-068 • 2MASX J08353128-0154032 • VCC 4488 • NSA 156795 | |
IC 515 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Hydra south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 388 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 2616 , IC 514 , IC 516 , IC 517 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on March 21, 1893 .