IC 204
| Galaxy IC 204 |
|
|---|---|
|
|
| SDSS image from IC 204 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
|
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
|
| Right ascension | 02 h 07 m 27.1 s |
| declination | -01 ° 25 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.039577 +/- 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 11865 +/- 45 km / s |
|
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(531 ± 37) · 10 6 Lj (162.9 ± 11.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Truman Safford |
| Discovery date | October 22, 1867 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 204 • PGC 8100 • CGCG 387-039 • 2MASX J02072707-0125482 • GALEX ASC J020727.07-012547.2 • LEDA 8100 | |
IC 204 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E3 in the constellation Cetus south of the celestial equator . It is around 531 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 45,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 850 , IC 205 , IC 1781 , among others .
The object was discovered by Truman Henry Safford on October 22, 1867 .
Web links
Individual evidence
Attention: The sorting key “IC 0204” overwrites the previously used key “IC0204”.