IC 681
| Galaxy IC 681 |
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| SDSS image from IC 681 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cups |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| 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 |
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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 .