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.

IC 1011
SDSS image of IC 1011
Observation data (J2000[1] epoch)
ConstellationVirgo[2]
Right ascension14h 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

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f SIMBAD, "IC 1011" (accessed 2011-05-09)
  2. ^ a b WikiSky, "IC 1011" (accessed 2011-05-09)
  3. ^ a b c d NED results for object IC 1011, NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
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