IC 70
| Galaxy IC 70 |
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| SDSS image from IC 70 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| 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 |
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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 .