IC 108
| Galaxy IC 108 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 24 m 38.9 s |
| declination | -12 ° 38 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 3 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.052586 +/- 0.000087 |
| Radial velocity | 15,765 +/- 26 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(705 ± 49) · 10 6 Lj (216.2 ± 15.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | November 3, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 108 • PGC 5205 • MCG -02-04-041 • 2MASX J01243897-1238081 • LEDA 5205 | |
IC 108 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Whale in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 705 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 185,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 98 and IC 99 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on November 3, 1891 .
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Attention: The sorting key "IC 0108" overwrites the previously used key "IC0108".