IC 60
Galaxy IC 60 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | whale |
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 |
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 .