IC 654

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Galaxy
IC 654
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Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 10 h 53 m 50.4 s
declination -11 ° 43 ′ 32 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R ') SB0 +?  
Brightness  (visual) 14.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.0 mag
Angular expansion 1.2 ′ × 0.6 ′
Position angle 126 °
Surface brightness 13.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.027549 ± 0.000117  
Radial velocity (8259 ± 35) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(361 ± 25)  x  10 6  ly
(110.8 ± 7.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date April 21, 1892
Catalog names
IC  654 • PGC  32716 • MCG  -02-28-018 • 2MASX  J10535040-1143319 •

IC 654 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Becher. It is estimated to be 361 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on April 21, 1892 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 654
  3. Seligman