IC 537
| Galaxy IC 537 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 25 m 22.6 s |
| declination | -12 ° 23 ′ 30 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) S0 / a? / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 175 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012856 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | (3854 ± 27) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(164 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (50.2 ± 3.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | April 19, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 537 • PGC 26717 • MCG -02-24-020 • IRAS 09229-1210 • 2MASX J09252259-1223294 • LDCE 0642 NED001 | |
IC 537 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Hydra south of the celestial equator . It is an estimated 164 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on April 19, 1892 .