IC 290
| Galaxy  IC 290 / IC 1884  | 
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| Constellation | Perseus | 
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Position  equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0  | 
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| 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 | 
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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 .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0290” overwrites the previously used key “IC0290”.