IC 2027

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Galaxy
IC 2027
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Constellation Perseus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 04 h 06 m 39.6 s
declination + 37 ° 06 ′ 57 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E.  
Brightness  (visual) 14.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.2 mag
Angular expansion 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′
Surface brightness 12.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.020834 ± 0.000197  
Radial velocity 6246 ± 59 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(282 ± 20)  x  10 6  ly
(86.5 ± 6.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date January 18, 1898
Catalog names
IC  2027 • UGC  2957 • PGC  14473 • MCG  + 06-09-019 • 2MASX  J04063959 + 3706567 • LDCE 293 NED014

IC 2027 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Perseus the northern sky . It is estimated to be 282 million light years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on January 18, 1898 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 2027
  3. Seligman