IC 93
| Galaxy IC 93 / IC 1671 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 19 m 02.3 s |
| declination | -17 ° 03 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb / pec: / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019937 ± 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | 5977 ± 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(267 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (82.0 ± 5.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 18, 1889 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 93 • 1671 • PGC 4724 • MCG -03-04-043 • IRAS 01165-1719 • KUG 0116-173 • 2MASX J01190234-1703374 • GALEX ASC J011902.34-170339.5 • LDCE 81 NED003 | |
IC 93 = IC 1671 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation areas of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 267 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 100,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 1667 and IC 1670 , among others .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on September 18, 1889 .
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Attention: The sort key "IC 0093" overwrites the previously used key "IC0093".