IC 93

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Galaxy
IC 93 / IC 1671
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Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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  
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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 93
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sort key "IC 0093" overwrites the previously used key "IC0093".