IC 60
| Galaxy IC 60 |
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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 56 m 04.2 s |
| declination | -13 ° 21 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 60 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.056052 ± 0.000087 |
| Radial velocity | 16,804 ± 26 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(752 ± 53) · 10 6 Lj (230.7 ± 16.2) Mpc |
| diameter | 130,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | August 30, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 60 • PGC 3324 • MCG -02-03-049 • 2MASX J00560423-1321292 • GALEX ASC J005604.29-132129.1 | |
IC 60 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 752 million light years from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years across .
The galaxies NGC 284 , NGC 285 , NGC 286 , IC 58 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on August 30, 1892 .