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IC 1296

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 97,000 light-years in diameter. It was discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard on October 2, 1893.

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IC 1296
IC 1296 imaged by the Spitzer Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationLyra
Right ascension18h 53m 18.8149s1
Declination+33° 03′ 59.599″1
Redshift0.0170851
Heliocentric radial velocity5,119 km/s
Distance238 Mly (72.97 Mpc)
Surface brightness23.63 mag/arcsec^2
Characteristics
TypeSBbc
Size~97,100 ly (29.77 kpc) (estimated)1
Apparent size (V)1.1′ × 0.9′1
Other designations
IC 1296, UGC 11374, PGC 62532, CGCG 201-040, MCG +06-41-022, 2MASX J18531883+3303596, 2MASS J18531884+3303599
The Ring Nebula. IC 1296 is visible as the faint galaxy to the right. source ↗

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 97,000 light-years in diameter.1 It was discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard on October 2, 1893.2

IC 1296 is only 4 arc minutes away from the well-known Ring Nebula in the night sky.3 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 there due to absorption by gas and dust.

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in IC 1296: SN 2013ev (Type II, mag. 17.2) was discovered by the Italian Supernovae Search Project (ISSP) on 11 August 2013.456

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References

References

  1. "Results for object IC 1296". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. NASA and Caltech. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  2. Seligman, Courtney. "Index Catalogue Objects: IC 1296". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  3. "Ring Nebula (Messier 57) | Deep⋆Sky Corner". deepskycorner.ch. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
  4. Ciabattari, F.; Mazzoni, E.; Petroni, G.; Tomasella, L.; Pastorello, A.; Benetti, S.; Cappellaro, E.; Ochner, P.; Turatto, M. (2013). "Supernova 2013ev in IC 1296 = PSN J18531845+3303527". Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams (3626): 1. Bibcode:2013CBET.3626....1C.
  5. "SN 2013ev". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  6. "Revised IC Data for IC 1296". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2024-06-06.