IC 681
Galaxy IC 681 |
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SDSS image from IC 681 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | cups |
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 |
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 .