IC 290

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Galaxy
IC 290 / IC 1884
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Constellation Perseus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 09 m 42.7 s
declination + 40 ° 58 ′ 27 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sb  
Brightness  (visual) 14.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.6 mag
Angular expansion 1.1 ′ × 0.2 ′
Position angle 131 °
Surface brightness 13.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.020117 ± 0.000097  
Radial velocity 6031 ± 29 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(274 ± 19)  x  10 6  ly
(84.1 ± 5.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date September 11, 1888
Catalog names
IC  290 • 1884 • UGC  2561 • PGC  11817 • CGCG  540-047 • 2MASX  J03094272 + 4058269 • LDCE 224 NED121

IC 290 = IC 1884 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 274 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 90,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 1212 , IC 292 , IC 293 , IC 294 .

The Type Ia supernova SN 2015az was observed here.

The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on September 11, 1888 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 290
  3. Simbad
  4. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key “IC 0290” overwrites the previously used key “IC0290”.