IC 1838

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Coordinates: Sky map 02h 44m 42.98494s, +19° 27′ 18.5167″

Short description: Spiral galaxy in the constellation of Taurus
IC 1838
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationTaurus
Right ascension 02h 44m 42.98494s[1]
Declination+19° 27′ 18.5167″[1]
Redshift0.025298±0.000037[2]
Helio radial velocity7,597[3] km/s
Distance471.4 Mly (144.54 Mpc)[3]
Characteristics
TypeSc[4]
Apparent size (V)0.530″ × 0.265″[5]
Other designations
MCG+03-08-002, LEDA 10389,[6] PGC 10389, CGCG463-5[4]

IC 1838 (also known as MCG+03-08-002 or LEDA 10389) is a spiral galaxy of type Sc.[4] It lies in the Taurus constellation, 471 million light years away from Earth. It has a diameter of 13,046.5 light years and a thickness of 1,304.7 light years.[citation needed]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode2018A&A...616A...1G.  Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. Paturel, G. et al. (2002). "Comparison LEDA/SIMBAD octobre 2002. Catalogue to be published in 2003". LEDA. Bibcode2002LEDA.........0P. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Tully, R. Brent et al. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal 152 (2): 50. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. Bibcode2016AJ....152...50T. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Paturel, G. et al. (December 2003), "HYPERLEDA. I. Identification and designation of galaxies", Astronomy and Astrophysics 412: 45–55, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20031411, Bibcode2003A&A...412...45P. 
  5. Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode2006AJ....131.1163S. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006AJ....131.1163S/abstract. 
  6. "IC 1838". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=IC+1838. 

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