IC 8
| Galaxy IC 8 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 19 m 02.7 s |
| declination | -03 ° 13 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.80 x 0.4 |
| Position angle | 128 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020020 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 6002 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(272 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (83.4 ± 5.8) Mpc |
| diameter | 55,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Truman Henry Safford |
| Discovery date | September 23, 1867 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 8 • PGC 1234 • MCG -01-01-076 • 2MASX J00190272-0313196 • | |
IC 8 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type Sc in the constellation fish on the ecliptic . It is around 272 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 55,000 light years .
The object was discovered on September 23, 1867 by Truman Henry Safford .
Individual evidence
Attention: The sorting key "IC 0008" overwrites the previously used key "IC0008".