IC 651
| Galaxy IC 651 |
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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 | 10 h 50 m 58.4 s |
| declination | -02 ° 09 ′ 01 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) m pec: / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 11.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.014907 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 4469 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(193 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (59.3 ± 4.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | March 21, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 651 • UGC 5956 • PGC 32517 • CGCG 010-035 • IRAS 10484-0153 • 2MASX J10505844-0209011 • HIPASS J1050-02 • KIG 444 • 2MIG 1494 | |
IC 651 is a weakly illuminated spiral galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type Sm in the constellation Sextant south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 193 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light-years across .
The Supernova SN 2005cd was observed here.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on March 21, 1893 .