IC 1613

IC 1613

Amateur photography of IC1613
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Cetus
Right ascension 01h 04m 47.8s[1]
Declination +02° 07′ 04″[1]
Redshift -234 ± 1 km/s[1]
Distance 2.38 ± 0.07 Mly (730 ± 20 kpc)[2][3]
Type IB(s)m[1]
Apparent dimensions (V) 16′.2 × 14′.5[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 9.9[1]
Notable features -
Other designations
UGC 668,[1] DDO 8,[1] PGC 3844,[1] Caldwell 51

IC 1613 (also known as Caldwell 51) is an irregular dwarf galaxy in the constellation Cetus near the star 26 Ceti.[4] It was discovered in 1906 by Max Wolf,[4] and is approaching Earth at 234 km/s.

IC 1613 is a member of our Local Group.[4] It has played an important role in the calibration of the Cepheid variable period luminosity relation for estimating distances.[4] Other than the Magellanic Clouds, it is the only Local Group dwarf irregular galaxy where RR Lyrae-type variables have been observed.[4]

In 1999, Cole et al.[4] used the Hubble Space Telescope to find that the dominant population of this galaxy has an age of ~7 Gyr. Using its Hess diagram, they found that its evolutionary history may be similar to that of the Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy. Both galaxies are classified as Ir V in the DDO system. Also in 1999, Antonello et al. found five cepheids of Population II in IC 1613, giving self-evident support for the existence of a very old stellar population component of IC 1613. In 1999, King, Modjaz, & Li discovered the first nova ever detected in IC 1613.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for IC 1613. Retrieved 2006-11-29.
  2. ↑ I. D. Karachentsev, V. E. Karachentseva, W. K. Hutchmeier, D. I. Makarov (2004). "A Catalog of Neighboring Galaxies". Astronomical Journal 127 (4): 2031–2068. Bibcode:2004AJ....127.2031K. doi:10.1086/382905.
  3. ↑ Karachentsev, I. D.; Kashibadze, O. G. (2006). "Masses of the local group and of the M81 group estimated from distortions in the local velocity field". Astrophysics 49 (1): 3–18. Bibcode:2006Ap.....49....3K. doi:10.1007/s10511-006-0002-6.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Cole, Andrew A.; Tolstoy, Eline; Gallagher, John S., III; Hoessel, John G.; Mould, Jeremy R.; Holtzman, Jon A.; Saha, Abhijit; Ballester, Gilda E.; Burrows, Christopher J.; Clarke, John T.; Crisp, David; Griffiths, Richard E.; Grillmair, Carl J.; Hester, Jeff J.; Krist, John E.; Meadows, Vikki; Scowen, Paul A.; Stapelfeldt, Karl R.; Trauger, John T.; Watson, Alan M.; Westphal, James R. (1999). "Stellar Populations at the Center of IC 1613". The Astronomical Journal 118 (4): 1657–1670. arXiv:astro-ph/9905350. Bibcode:1999AJ....118.1657C. doi:10.1086/301042.
  5. ↑ van den Bergh, Sidney (April 2000). "Updated Information on the Local Group". The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 112 (770): 529–536. arXiv:astro-ph/0001040. Bibcode:2000PASP..112..529V. doi:10.1086/316548.

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Coordinates: 01h 04m 47.8s, +02° 07′ 04″