Astronomy:IC 1011

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation of Virgo
IC 1011
IC1011 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of IC 1011
Observation data (J2000[1] epoch)
ConstellationVirgo[2]
Right ascension 14h 28m 04.563s [1]
Declination01° 00′ 22.87″ [1]
Characteristics
TypeSb d[1]
Apparent size (V)0.741′ × 0.427[2]
Other designations
PGC 51662, MCG +00-37-008, 2MASX J14280456+0100228, IRAS 14255+0113

IC 1011 is a barred spiral galaxy[1] with apparent magnitude of 14.7,[3] and with a redshift of z=0.02564 (SIMBAD)[1] or 0.025703 (NASA),[3] yielding a distance of 100 to 120 megaparsecs.[3] Its light has taken 349.5 million years to travel to Earth. IC 1011's calculated age is approximately 12.95 billion years.[3] The IC designation comes from the Index Catalogue.

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Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 SIMBAD, "IC 1011" (accessed 2011-05-09)
  2. 2.0 2.1 WikiSky, "IC 1011" (accessed 2011-05-09)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 NED results for object IC 1011, NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

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