IC 294

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Galaxy
IC 294 / IC 1889
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IC294 - SDSS DR14.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation Perseus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 11 m 03.1 s
declination + 40 ° 37 ′ 20 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R) SB (rs) 0 / a:  
Brightness  (visual) 14.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.2 mag
Angular expansion 2.1 ′ × 1.5 ′
Position angle 123 °
Surface brightness 15.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation LGG 88  
Redshift 0.016728 ± 0.000314  
Radial velocity 5015 ± 94 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(229 ± 17)  x  10 6  ly
(70.1 ± 5.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date September 11, 1888
Catalog names
IC  294 • 295 • 296 • 1889 • UGC  2574 • PGC  11878 • CGCG  540-054 • MCG  + 07-07-033 • 2MASX  J03110311 + 4037195 • LDCE 224 NED128

IC 294 = IC 295 = IC 296 = IC 1889 is a lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 229 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 140,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 1212 , IC 290 , IC 292 , IC 293 , among others .

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

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 294
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sort key "IC 0294" overwrites the previously used key "IC0294".