IC 56
| Galaxy IC 56 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 51 m 29.9 s |
| declination | -12 ° 50 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) cd |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 9 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020297 ± 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 6085 ± 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(274 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (83.9 ± 5.9) Mpc |
| diameter | 65,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | November 2, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 56 • PGC 3014 • MCG -02-03-030 • 2MASX J00512994-1250396 • GALEX ASC J005129.83-125039.3 | |
IC 56 is a faint bar spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBcd in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is about 274 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light years across .
The galaxy PGC 3035 , which is also called IC-56A due to its similar appearance, is in close proximity . But it is neither an IC object nor do the two spirals have any connections.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 283 , NGC 284 , NGC 285 , NGC 286 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on November 2, 1891 .