IC 57
| Galaxy IC 57 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 54 m 48.5 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 50 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.70 x 0.7 |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.038110 ± 0.001360 |
| Radial velocity | 11,425 ± 408 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(515 ± 40) x 10 6 ly (158.0 ± 12.4) Mpc |
| diameter | 150,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 2, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 57 • UGC 559 • PGC 3229 • CGCG 435-019 • MCG + 02-03-010 • 2MASX J00544855 + 1150280 • GALEX ASC J005448.50 + 115028.6 | |
IC 57 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is about 515 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light years in diameter .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 2, 1893 .