IC 560
| Galaxy IC 560 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sextant |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 45 m 53.4 s |
| declination | -00 ° 16 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.30 × 0.6 |
| Position angle | 15 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006181 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 1853 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(76 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (23.3 ± 1.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | March 9, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 560 • UGC 5223 • PGC 27998 • CGCG 007-030 • MCG + 00-25-013 • 2MASX J09455343-0016055 • GALEX ASC J094553.61-001605.6 • LDCE 671 NED002 | |
IC 560 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Sextant south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 76 million light years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered on March 9, 1893 by the astronomer Stéphane Javelle .