Global InformationIC 1296 information
| IC 1296 | |
|---|---|
 IC 1296, as seen by Spitzer | |
| Observation data | |
| Right ascension | 18h 53m 18s |
| Declination | +33° 03’ 59” |
| Surface brightness | 23.63 mag/arcsec^2 |
| Other designations | |
| IC 1296,
UGC 11374, PGC 62532, CGCG 201-040, MCG +06-41-022, 2MASX J18531883+3303596, 2MASS J18531884+3303599 | |
IC 1296 is an extremely faint barred spiral galaxy of Hubble-type SBbc in the constellation Lyra in the northern sky. It is estimated to be 238 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light-years in diameter.[1]
IC 1296 is only 4 arc minutes away from the well-known Ring Nebula in the night sky.[2] Planetary nebulae and galaxies are rarely observed together because planetary nebulae are galactic objects and are concentrated toward our galactic center, where extragalactic objects - such as distant galaxies - are rarely observed due to absorption by gas and dust.
The astronomical object was discovered on October 2, 1893, by Edward Emerson Barnard. In August 2013, supernova SN2013ev[3] was discovered in the southern spiral arm of IC 1296.[4]
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- ^ "Revised IC Data for IC 1296". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2024-06-06.