IC 1192
Galaxy in the constellation Hercules
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
IC 1192 is an edge-on[1] barred spiral galaxy[2] located in Hercules.[3][4] It is located 543 million light-years from the Solar System and has a diameter of approximately 90,000 light-years.[1] IC 1192 was discovered by Stephane Javelle on August 13, 1892.[5] It is a member of the Hercules Cluster.[6][7]
| IC 1192 | |
|---|---|
Sloan Digital Sky Survey image of IC 1192 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
| Right ascension | 16h 06m 33.1s |
| Declination | +17° 46′ 32.3″ |
| Redshift | 0.037936 |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 11,373 km/s |
| Distance | 543 Mly (166.4 Mpc) |
| Group or cluster | Hercules Cluster |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 15.5 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sb, SBb, AGN |
| Size | 90,000 ly |
| Other designations | |
| PGC 57157, SDSS J160633.12+174632.4, AGC 260226, USGC U741 NED06, ABELL 2151:[D80] 074, LEDA 57157 | |
The luminosity class of IC 1192 is II[1] and it has an active galaxy nucleus. It is specifically described as a LINER galaxy according to SIMBAD, meaning its nucleus presents an emission spectrum characterized by broad lines of weak ionized atoms.[8]