IC 6
| Galaxy IC 6 |
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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 18 m 55.0 s |
| declination | -03 ° 16 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020634 +/- 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | 6186 +/- 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(280 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (86.0 ± 6.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Truman Safford |
| Discovery date | September 23, 1867 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 6 • PGC 1228 • MCG -01-01-075 • 2MASX J00185505-0316339 • LEDA 1228 • LDCE 18 NED002 | |
IC 6 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E0 in the constellation fish on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 280 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 65,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 8 and IC 12 .
The object was discovered by Truman Henry Safford on September 23, 1867 .
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Individual evidence
Attention: The sort key "IC 0006" overwrites the previously used key "IC0006".