IC 70

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Galaxy
IC 70
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SDSS image from IC 70
SDSS image from IC 70
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 01 m 03.9 s
declination + 00 ° 03 ′ 03 ″
Appearance
Morphological type ?  
Brightness  (visual) 16.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 17.1 mag
Angular expansion 0.3 ′ × 0.2 ′
Position angle 140 °
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.063387 ± 0.000127  
Radial velocity 19.003 ± 38 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(852 ± 60)  ·  10 6  ly
(261.3 ± 18.3)  Mpc 
diameter 95,000 ly
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date November 7, 1891
Catalog names
IC  70 • PGC  173286 • GALEX MSC J010103.97 + 000301.6 • SDSS J010103.95 + 000302.4

IC 70 is a galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation whale at the southern sky . It is around 852 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 75,000 light years .

In the same area of ​​the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 1607 .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on November 7, 1891 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 70
  3. Seligman