IC 205

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Galaxy
IC 205
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SDSS image from IC 205
SDSS image from IC 205
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 02 h 07 m 27.4 s
declination -02 ° 05 ′ 29 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (s) a  
Brightness  (visual) 13.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.5 mag
Angular expansion 0.9 ′ × 0.9 ′
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.027843 +/- 0.000103  
Radial velocity 8347 +/- 31 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(374 ± 26)  x  10 6  ly
(114.7 ± 8.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date December 3, 1891
Catalog names
IC  205 • UGC  1613 • PGC  8098 • CGCG  387-038 • MCG  + 00-06-034 • IRAS  F02049-0219 • 2MASX  J02072743-0205284 • LEDA 8098 • LDCE 147 NED001

IC 205 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is around 374 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 95,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky is the galaxy IC 204 .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 3, 1891 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 205
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key "IC 0205" overwrites the previously used key "IC0205".