IC 681

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Galaxy
IC 681
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SDSS image from IC 681 [1]
SDSS image from IC 681
AladinLite
Constellation cups
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 18 m 31.93 s
declination -12 ° 08 ′ 24.8 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S.  
Brightness  (visual) 14.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.8 mag
Angular expansion 0.9 ′ × 0.4 ′
Position angle 18 °
Surface brightness 12.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.018056 ± 0.000120  
Radial velocity (5413 ± 36) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(235 ± 17)  x  10 6  ly
(72.0 ± 5.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date April 19, 1892
Catalog names
IC  681 • PGC  34572 • MCG  -02-29-017 • IRAS  F11160-1151 • KUG  1116-118 • 2MASX  J11183192-1208249 • WISEA J111831.96-120824.6 • NVSS J111832-120757

IC 681 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation cup at the southern sky . It is an estimated 235 million light years away from the Milky Way and is about 65,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on April 19, 1892 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 681
  4. Seligman