IC 533

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Galaxy
IC 533
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Constellation Water snake
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 09 h 20 m 23.4 s
declination -03 ° 59 ′ 31 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S / HII  
Brightness  (visual) 14.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.5 mag
Angular expansion 1 ′ × 0.3 ′
Position angle 155 °
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.019127 ± 0.000150  
Radial velocity 5734 ± 45 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(249 ± 18)  ·  10 6  ly
(76.3 ± 5.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date February 18, 1893
Catalog names
IC  533 • PGC  3081596 • IRAS  F09178-0346 • 2MASX  J09202341-0359313 • GALEX ASC J092023.35-035930.3

IC 533 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type S in the constellation Hydra south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 249 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 75,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 2850 .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on February 18, 1893 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 533
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key "IC 0533" overwrites the previously used key "IC0533".