IC 95
| Galaxy IC 95 |
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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 17.9 s |
| declination | -12 ° 34 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.55 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.044247 +/- 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | (13,265 +/- 45) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(594 ± 42) · 10 6 Lj (182.0 ± 12.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | November 3, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 95 • PGC 950887 • 2MASX J01191787-1234264 • GALEX ASC J011918.18-123426.3 | |
IC 95 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E0 in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 594 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 70,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 98 , IC 99 , among others .
The object was discovered on November 3rd, 1891 by Stéphane Javelle .