PGC 1384

E514342

PGC 1384 is a faint dwarf irregular galaxy in the Local Group, best known as the nearby galaxy IC 1613 in the constellation Cetus.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dwarf irregular galaxy
absoluteMagnitudeV −15.3
alsoKnownAs Caldwell 51 NERFINISHED
DDO 8 NERFINISHED
IC 1613 NERFINISHED
UGC 668 NERFINISHED
angularSize 16.2 × 14.5 arcminutes
apparentMagnitudeB 10.2
apparentMagnitudeV 9.9
bestSeenInMonth October
catalog Caldwell catalogue NERFINISHED
Index Catalogue NERFINISHED
Principal Galaxies Catalogue NERFINISHED
Uppsala General Catalogue NERFINISHED
containsStellarPopulations intermediate-age stars
old stars
young stars
darkMatterDominated true
declination +02° 07′ 04″
discoveredBy Max Wolf NERFINISHED
discoveryYear 1906
distanceFromEarth about 2.4 million light-years
about 730 kiloparsecs
foregroundExtinction low
galacticEnvironment Local Group field galaxy
gasContent gas-rich
gasPhase neutral hydrogen rich
hasCepheidVariables true
hasHIIRegions true
hasSupernovaRemnants true
hasWellDefinedSpiralArms false
hemisphere Northern sky
isBarred no prominent bar
isNearbyGalaxy true
locatedInConstellation Cetus NERFINISHED
memberOf Local Group NERFINISHED
metallicity low
morphologicalType IB(s)m
observedIn optical wavelengths
radio wavelengths
ultraviolet wavelengths
radialVelocity −234 km/s
redshift −0.00078
rightAscension 01h 04m 47s
starFormationActivity ongoing
surfaceBrightness low
usedFor distance scale calibration

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IC 1613 catalogDesignation PGC 1384